View clinical trials related to Acute Stroke.
Filter by:This study is being done to see if there is a relationship between stroke, post-stroke depression, and measures of inflammatory and/or stress compounds in the blood. Brain injury, as caused by stroke, leads to an inflammatory response in the brain which in turn can influence inflammatory and stress responses in other parts of the body outside of the brain. These responses can be measured by analyzing various substances in the blood and in the white blood cells. The investigators will measure these substances (cytokines, glucocorticoids) and compare them to the absence, presence, or degree of depression that the investigators will determine by neurological and psychological testing. The investigators will be drawing blood for this study on admission, at or around day 3, at or around day 7 and at or around day 90, which is not part of routine stroke care. The investigators will be asking subjects to participate in answering question/scales on these same days, some of these questionnaires are also not part of routine stroke care. Standard stroke care is being done other than blood drawing/participating in answering questions/scales. Approximately 25 people will be enrolled over one year.
The investigators design a randomized, single blinded, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture in acute ischemic stroke patients:
The investigators goal is to improve the outcome of patients with acute stroke by inducing mild cerebral hypothermia through surface cooling at the cervical and shoulder regions using EMCOOLS Brain.Pads®. For this project, the investigators can build further on their research group's experience with hypothermia in animal models and invasive cooling in stroke patients. The COOL program will prospectively evaluate safety, feasibility, patient acceptance and efficacy of mild cerebral hypothermia using EMCOOLS Brain.Pads® in a large cohort of patients presenting with acute stroke at the Emergency Department of the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel. The application of EMCOOLS Brain.Pads® will be compared to routine clinical practice in a randomized controlled trial. If proven to be safe, feasible, well-tolerated and efficacious in the inhospital setting, future use in prehospital acute stroke care will be incorporated with telemedicine support, as part of the Prehospital Stroke Study at the Universitair ziekenhuis Brussel (PreSSUB).
The purpose of this study is to explore the pharmacological mechanism of Danhong injection in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
The aim of this study is to establish diagnostic and predictive biomarkers for patients with suspected acute stroke, that are transported by EMS as candidates for thrombolytic treatment. The study focuses on the ultra acute phase, <4.5 hours from symptom onset, including the prehospital setting. Analyses will include known biomarkers (e.g. GFAP, NR2 peptide) and a discovery phase for novel markers. Patient outcome will be evaluated at 3 month using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS).
Research on prehospital telestroke systems is recommended by the American Stroke Association, as it may facilitate early stroke diagnosis, assessment of stroke severity and selection of patients for specific stroke treatments The experience with prehospital telemedicine for assessment of stroke severity is limited. Prehospital telestroke is a very promising concept, facilitating specialized stroke care in very early stage based on integration of bidirectional audiovisual communication with point of care laboratory analysis, vitals and decision support software. The aim of this prospective study is to investigate the safety, the technical feasibility and the reliability of in-ambulance telemedicine using a prototype third generation telemedicine system (PreSSUB 3.0).
This will be a randomized, matched-group study to compare the cardiopulmonary / metabolic benefits for persons post stroke that learn to walk utilizing early treadmill training post-acute stroke to persons post stroke that learn to walk utilizing non-treadmill based gait training during the same time period. Participants (n=30) will be adults who have completed acute rehabilitation following a stroke. Random assignment will be to either the ESTT or traditional gait training protocol during the outpatient rehabilitation phase. 1. Group A: Traditional outpatient therapy (n = 15) 2. Group B: Treadmill training (ESTT) outpatient therapy (n = 15)
Data collection for this study will be done by clinicians working in inpatient rehabilitation units with persons with acute stroke. No interventions are included in this study. It is designed to capture trends in current clinical practice for persons with stroke. This data will be useful in identifying the most beneficial and effective walking treatments as well as most significant patient characteristics that impact recovery for persons acutely after stroke. All data collection will take place during the inpatient rehabilitation stay.
Stroke is the principal cause of permanent disability within the investigators population. This incapacity justifies an intensive and prolonged multidisciplinary rehabilitation, which can be optimized by robotics. The investigators team has developed a robot designed to rehabilitate the upper limb. This robot allows the patient to perform active, passive, or assisted exercises. The system is also able to assess movement quality and to provide a feedback to the patient and the therapist via a graphical interface. This therapy is designed to improve functional recovery of patients, and then their quality of life. Few quality studies have evaluated the efficacy of robotic assisted therapy in patients at the acute stage of rehabilitation (< 3 months post stroke) when most improvements are observed. Thus, the aim of this study was to objectify the effectiveness of robotic-assisted rehabilitation in the acute stage after stroke by evaluating the 3 fields of the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) and performing a prospective multicenter randomized controlled single blind trial. In this study, 60 stroke patients will be recruited and randomized into two groups. All patients will receive a similar classical rehabilitation as a basis. Patients of the control and experimental groups will receive a supplement of classical rehabilitation and robotic-assisted therapy, respectively.
The purpose of this controlled, randomized intervention is to investigate whether a fat-based (ketogenic) diet given for a week has a positive effect on blood sugar, mortality and function in patients hospitalized with acute stroke compared to the effect of a usual diet. The study hypothesis is that a ketogenic diet and reduced availability of glucose to the brain cells will reduce the volume of neuronal damage in the brain and improve function. The intervention will take place at the neurological units of Glostrup and Bispebjerg Hospital in Denmark.