Each patient enrolled in Group A will receive study treatment in a double-blind manner for 16 weeks starting between 3 and 10 days after the onset of stroke symptoms (Day 1 of the study). Qualified study personnel will instruct the patients and/or caregivers how to apply the study treatment accurately so that patients or caregivers will administer high dose of either TF0023 or placebo twice daily (approximately every 12 hours).