Hui-Sheng Chen, Yu Cui, Xin-Hong Wang, Yu-Tong Ma, Jing Han, Ying-Jie Duan, Jiang Lu, Li-Ying Shen, Yong Liang, Wei-Zhong Wang, Hui Wang, Yong Zhao, Jin-Tao Zhang, Yu-Lin Song, Xiao-Mei He, Run-Hui Li, Ding-Bo Tao, Jing Li, Shu-Man Huang, Ni Wang, Mei Hong, Chong Meng, Wei Zhang, Duo-Lao Wang, Thanh N Nguyen
IMPORTANCE: Dual antiplatelet therapy has been demonstrated to be superior to single antiplatelet in reducing recurrent stroke among patients with transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, but robust evidence for its effect in patients with mild to moderate ischemic stroke is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether dual antiplatelet therapy is superior to single antiplatelet among patients with mild to moderate ischemic stroke. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a multicenter, open-label, blinded end point, randomized clinical trial conducted at 66 hospitals in China from December 20, 2016, through August 9, 2022...
March 11, 2024: JAMA Neurology