ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026LT18 LT18 - EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CILOSTAZOL PLUS GINKGO BILOBA AND ASPIRIN VERSUS CLOPIDOGREL PLUS ASPIRIN IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: AN EXPLORATORY RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Wookjin Yang, Sang Hee Ha, Ji Sung Lee, Tae-Jin Song, Hyun Goo Kang, Kangho Choi, Dongwhane Lee, Beom Joon Kim, Ho Geol Woo, Hyuk Sung Kwon, Heejung Mo, Sung-Ho Ahn, Hye Seon Jeong, Jin-Man Jung, Hyung-Min Kwon, Jae Guk Kim, Jeong-Min Kim, Jeong-Ho Hong, Sun U Kwon, Bum Joon Kim · 2026

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Wookjin Yang leads a large Korean team in 2026 in running an early randomized trial of an unusual drug pairing after acute stroke. Patients often worsen in hospital or suffer a second stroke soon after the first, and standard care pairs aspirin with clopidogrel to hold the line.

The trial tests aspirin combined with cilostazol and ginkgo biloba extract against the standard pair. The plant extract and cilostazol have both been proposed as gentler or stronger platelet blockers. As an exploratory trial, its job is to see whether the newcomer pairing deserves a large definitive test.

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CREATORWookjin Yang, Sang Hee Ha, Ji Sung Lee, Tae-Jin Song, Hyun Goo Kang, Kangho Choi, Dongwhane Lee, Beom Joon Kim, Ho Geol Woo, Hyuk Sung Kwon, Heejung Mo, Sung-Ho Ahn, Hye Seon Jeong, Jin-Man Jung, Hyung-Min Kwon, Jae Guk Kim, Jeong-Min Kim, Jeong-Ho Hong, Sun U Kwon, Bum Joon Kim
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
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LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13146315

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