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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common genetic disease, affecting about 25 million people worldwide. Approximately 150,000 Nigerian children are born each year with sickle cell disease (SCD), making it the country with the largest burden of SCD in the world. Recent advancements in care for children with SCA have translated into improved survival of children in both high and low-resource settings. However, more complications of SCD are seen in those who survive to adulthood. Silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) and strokes are among the most devastating complications of SCD, affecting 40% and 10% of children, respectively. The overall goal of this study is to extend the Investigator's successful capacity-building effort in the assessment of neurological morbidity in children with SCD living in northern Nigeria (Kano) to young adults with SCD living in the same region. About 50% of all adults with SCD live in Nigeria. Despite the high prevalence of SCD in Africa, the neurological morbidity is not well characterized, limiting opportunities for primary and secondary stroke prevention strategies. At least 50% of young adults with sickle cell anemia (SCA), the most severe form of the disease, will have SCIs and an estimated 10% will have strokes, based on studies in high-resource settings. In high-resource settings, screening for abnormal transcranial Doppler (TCD) velocities in children with SCA, coupled with regular blood transfusion has resulted in a 92% reduction of relative risk for strokes. Despite this effective strategy, regular blood transfusion therapy does not seem sustainable in sub-Saharan Africa due to shortages and the risk of transfusion transmissible infections. Additionally, there is a lack of evidence-based stroke prevention strategies in young adults with SCA, either in the high-income or in low-resource settings. Based on the foregoing, the Investigators propose to determine the prevalence of neurological injury (overt stroke, transient ischemic attacks, and silent cerebral infarcts) in young adults at the transition age from 16-25 years. The Investigators will also, for the first time, assess conventional risk factors of stroke in the general population to determine whether a different prevention strategy is required to reduce the incidence of neurological injury in this high-risk population.
The main aim of this project is to demonstrate an association between gut and oral microbiota and their metabolites to carotid atherosclerosis and risk of ischemic stroke. The investigators aim to show that these metabolite levels are diet-dependent (mainly egg yalk and red meat) and associated with specific types of microbiota. The investigators to assess serum microbiota metabolite levels as a predictor of stroke and plaque progression for patients with carotid atherosclerosis.
This prospective interventional single center randomized sham controlled dose-escalation study will assess safety, tolerability, feasibility and potential efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in acute stroke patients with substantial salvageable penumbra due to a large vessel occlusion who are ineligible for endovascular therapy (EVT). Patients will be randomized in a 3:1 design, to cathodal versus sham (control) tDCS, at each six designed dose tiers. The dose tiers will be increasing in both intensity and duration of the stimulation. The occurrence of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage will determine the pace of the escalation through the dose tiers.
This Early Feasibility Study (EFS) is a multi-center, open-label single-arm study in 10 acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients treated with VitalFlow-IS stimulation within 6 hours of symptom onset. The purpose of the EFS is to evaluate initial clinical safety and device functionality in the clinical workflow setting for treatment of acute ischemic stroke patients that will inform design modifications and/or user interface in preparation for next steps consisting of (1) a full safety/feasibility clinical study and (2) randomized controlled pivotal trial with a surrogate endpoint (expedited Premarket Approval (PMA) pathway).
Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is highly prevalent in acute stroke and it is related to worst outcome. We aim to assess if SAS treatment, started immediately after acute ischemic stroke, impacts infarct growing and clinical prognosis.
This research aims to examine changes in plastic potential of the visual system with time from stroke affecting primary visual cortex. We will measure structural and mechanistic aspects of progressive degeneration along the early visual pathways, correlating them with changes in visual performance, and in responsiveness to visual restoration training. This project will advance both scientific knowledge, as well as technical capability and clinical practices for restoring vision and quality of life for people suffering from cortical blindness.
A Phase Ⅲ, Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Open Label, Blinded-endpoint (PROBE) Controlled Trial of Recombinant Human TNK Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator (rhTNK-tPA) for Injection Versus Alteplase for Acute Ischemic Stroke Within 4.5 Hours
The composition of the intestinal microbiota is associated with the risk of stroke and with post-stroke neurological evolution. At the same time, the genetics and epigenetics of each patient are associated with the composition of the intestinal microbiota. The study of the microbiome in stroke patients will allow finding new therapeutic targets for the treatment of stroke patients. For the study, samples will be collected from those patients with ischemic stroke who come to the hospital while the study is being carried out, taking into account certain criteria: the patients must be over 18 years of age, have suffered an ischemic stroke (demonstrated by resonance or head CT), not have any additional serious illness or unstable medical condition, and not be included in clinical trials with neuroprotective drugs. On the other hand, the control group will be asymptomatic, and will be made up of people who have not previously suffered a stroke or a cardiovascular event and who do not have diseases that affect the digestive tract. The main variables of the study are the risk of stroke and disability after a cerebrovascular accident (measured by mRS at 3rd month). Microbiota, genetic and epigenetic variables are also taken into account, such as the presence and levels of bacteria, dysbiosis, genetic polymorphisms and levels of methylation in CpG islands.
In China, stroke is among the highest morbidity and mortality, especially in senile population. Most of those patients had survived with various degrees of cerebral dysfunction; among them about 50% were motor deficit. Previous in vitro studies indicated that recovery of motor function after stroke were related not only to axonal regeneration or synapse reformation, but also functional reorganization of adjacent areas and other functional associated areas. The previous fMRI studies shown that the cerebral motor cortex possess the natural ability of self compensation and self reorganization in the situation of brain damage. It was characterized by equally bilateral activation in acute stage to partial ipsilateral activation and major contralateral activation in subacute stage to contralateral activation in chronic stage. We plan to recruit first-episode acute cerebral infarction patients with single lesion on middle cerebral artery supply area and age and sex matched healthy volunteers. All the patients are going to assess in three different sessions (V1, 3 days after the onset of complaint, V2,30 days after onset of complaint; V3, 90 days after onset of the complaint ) with both clinical check as well as fMRI scan. The clinical assessment including dynamometer and finger tapping test to evaluate the strength and the flexibility of each upper legs and it also included the corresponding scales to exclude poststroke dementia and moderate and serious poststroke depression. The fMRI is scanned by using bilateral arm motor tasks. Motor cortex activation regions, activation of voxel between healthy controls and patients in different checkpoint are collected. The purpose of this study is to investigate the dynamic process of motor cortical functional reorganization after cerebral stoke using functional magnetic resonance imaging combined with the behavior assessment. Meanwhile，we also studied the differences of motor function recovery and motor cortex compensation between dominant hemisphere and non-dominant hemisphere after stroke. Therefore, we could provide a theoretical basis and build up a useful evaluation system for rehabilitation after stroke and other arious cerebral injury.