View clinical trials related to Stroke (CVA) or TIA.
Filter by:Despite decades of national declines in stroke incidence, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in stroke prevalence and care remain pervasive and the gap in these disparities is widening. Those who identify as African American (AA) or Hispanic are 2-3 times more likely to have a stroke when compared to those who identify as non-Hispanic White (NHW) and are also less likely to receive guideline-based medical therapy (e.g. mechanical thrombectomy, intravenous thrombolysis, discharge antithrombotic/anticoagulant, smoking cessation education) after their stroke. Additionally, people living in underserved communities with high local social deprivation indices and decreased community-level healthcare access, have an increased population-level risk of stroke. These inequities are likely multi-factorial and in large part related to decreased access to health promotion and preventive care services, as well as social/economic constraints impeding patients' access and compliance with medical treatment recommendations. Innovations in patient-facing digital health technologies, such as telemedicine, remote patient monitoring (RPM), and patient-facing smart phone applications could help bridge the gaps in post stroke care in marginalized communities by providing more accessible, convenient and perhaps effective, health care services. A recent secondary stroke prevention trial with predominantly African American and Hispanic participants compared blood pressure control measured by RPM combined with telehealth support vs. standard office-based follow up and found improved adherence and risk factor control in the digitally assisted group. However, there is limited knowledge around the patient and provider-level barriers, and supportive and educational resources needed to translating these and other similar findings into practice, especially in high-risk communities. Importantly, the same barriers to adopting digitally assisted care delivery during transitions of care and in the management of high-risk groups are shared across a number of episodic (e.g. ACS), acute on chronic (e.g. asthma, COPD, heart failure, DKA) and chronic diseases (e.g. hypertension, renal failure).
The study aims to determine the additional effects of vagus nerve stimulation with task-oriented training on motor functions of upper-limb in stroke
The purpose of the RCT trial is to evaluate whether implantation of drug-eluting stent (DES) is more efficacious than bare metal stent (BMS) in prevention of in-stent restenosis (ISR) and improvement of outmoes for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis. This trial is prospective, multi-center, randomized 1:1 single blind trial using Maurora sirolimus eluting stent versus Apollo bare metal stent conducted in approximately 10 interventional neurology centers in China. The study is sponsored by Alain Medical (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
After a stroke, people can experience memory problems, including difficulty remembering to do things in the future - termed "prospective memory". This can impact their ability to carry out important activities of daily living (e.g., taking medication), independence, and quality of life. Technology-based memory aids, including smartphone applications, can compensate for memory difficulties and are recommended as a 'practice standard' for improving prospective memory impairment following stroke. ApplTree is a smartphone application that was designed for people with memory and attention problems. Users can enter details of future tasks and events and ApplTree then prompts them to remind them to complete these at a pre-specified time. This study will investigate whether ApplTree helps people who have had a stroke and experience prospective memory difficulties to successfully complete prospective memory tasks. It will also explore whether they find ApplTree helpful and easy-to-use.
To assess the feasibility and adoptability of DailyDoctor's remote monitoring clinical decision support software tool in helping physicians virtually manage systolic blood pressures among patients with history of stroke or TIA to a target systolic blood pressure (<140 mmHg or a lower target range specified by referring physicians) using remote monitoring and independent clinical judgement.
The sudden biomechanical inactivation, direct neuro-humoral effects and sustained systemic stress reaction, which commonly occur after stroke or TIA, all may be of relevance in triggering alterations in bone metabolism and remodelling of bone microstructure. The objectives of this observational pilot study are to characterize falls and fractures and their circumstances (sex and age specific incidence, time course, risk conditions, localization) in ischemic stroke patients, study changes in the bone microstructure after ischemic stroke supported by high-resolution peripheral quantitative Computer Tomography, unravel a molecular mechanisms underlying the increased fracture risk (focus on Wnt-signaling and ß-adrenergic projection), establish risk factors to estimate the risk of falls based on information from gait analysis as well as construct deep learning algorithms to identify bone microstructure parameters for predicting fractures.
To determine the effects of resistive diaphragmatic training on pulmonary function of chronic stroke patients. And also assessing their compromised respiratory functions
Post stroke headache occurs in approximately 10-23% of all stroke patients. Its onset is shortly after experiencing a stroke, or stroke like event, and persists for at least three months. These headaches have features which resemble migraine or occur in people who have a previous history of migraine that was once infrequent. Botox is a treatment that is currently approved for the treatment of chronic migraine, that is migraine headaches occurring for at least 15 days a month for at least 3 months. Given the clinical similarity in character and frequency of post stroke headache and migraine, and the fact that stroke affects structures like the blood vessels in the brain that are also affected in migraine, this study is to investigate the possible role that Botox would have in the treatment of Post-Stroke Headache.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of using Chinese Medicine Angong Niuhuang Wan in stroke patients, the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score will be used as primary outcome, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, The Modified Barthel Index (MBI) score and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores will be used as secondary outcome measures.