Medical Management With Endovascular Thrombectomy Versus Medical Management Alone in Patients Presenting Beyond 24 Hours of Last Known Well

Inclusion Criteria: General Inclusion Criteria: * Adults (18-85\* years) with the final diagnosis of an acute ischemic stroke$ * NIHSS ≥ 6 * Time from last-known-well to randomization \>24 - 72 hours * Pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale score of 0-1 * Eligible for thrombectomy and medical management * Signed Informed Consent obtained * Subject willing to comply with the protocol follow-up requirements * Anticipated life expectancy of at least 3 months \*Inclusive of both 18 and 85 years of age (i.e. up to 86th birthdate). $Subacute presentation - In-hospital stroke admissions with fluctuating clinical symptoms for patients who presented to EVT centers within 24 hours of when they were last known well will not be eligible for the trial. General Exclusion Criteria * Current participation in another investigational interventional drug or device study. * Baseline Platelet count \<100,000/μl Imaging Inclusion Criteria * Proven large vessel occlusion in ICA or MCA-M1 occlusion (carotid occlusions can be cervical or intracranial, with or without tandem MCA lesions), as determined by MR Angiography (MRA) or CT Angiography (CTA) * CT ASPECTS 3-10 * CT Perfusion ischemic core (rCBF \<30%)# volume ≤150 ml OR MR Diffusion ischemic core (ADC \<620x10-6 mm2/s)# volume ≤150ml #If the perfusion software at enrollment center uses another threshold/measure to define ischemic core, please use that measure to assess ischemic core criteria. Imaging Exclusion Criteria * Evidence of intracran…