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AIIMS New Delhi served as the national coordinating centre and lead enrolling site for the GRASSROOT Trial, India’s first domestic clinical trial of an advanced stroke treatment device, the Supernova stent.

“This trial is a turning point for stroke treatment in India,” said Dr Shailesh B Gaikwad, Professor and Head, Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology, AIIMS New Delhi, and National Principal Investigator of the GRASSROOT Trial.

Trial results and publication

The results of the GRASSROOT Trial have been published in the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (JNIS), part of the British Medical Journal group. According to the publication, the trial evaluating the Supernova stent, developed by Gravity Medical Technology, demonstrated excel

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