Clinical trials: Silent Stroke
Sickle Cell Disease, Stroke
Hydroxyurea to Prevent Brain Injury in Sickle Cell Disease
This is a pilot study of hydroxyurea versus placebo to reduce central nervous system complications (abnormally fast blood flow to the brain, silent cerebral infarct or stroke) in young children with sickle cell disease.
- Trial name
- HUPrevent (NCT01389024)
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
CADASIL
The Silent Cortical Infarcts in the Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Is There a Link With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage?
The Cerebral Amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is the leading cause of cortical hemorrhage after 65 years. The presence of cerebral infarction is also reported anatomically in the AAC. MRI studies of these infarcts are rare.
- Trial name
- CAA (NCT02837354)
- Testing
- No intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Sickle Cell Disease
Aspirin Prophylaxis in Sickle Cell Disease
Neurologic complications secondary to cerebrovascular damage are prevalent in children with sickle cell disease. These patients experience both clinically overt cerebrovascular accidents and "silent infarctions" demonstrated by…
- Trial name
- START (NCT00178464)
- Testing
- aspirin
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia
Stroke Prevention in Young Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia
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…
- Conditions
- Sickle Cell Disease, Sickle Cell Anemia, Stroke, Ischemic, Silent Stroke
- Trial name
- SPIYA (NCT04808778)
- Testing
- Hydroxyurea therapy per standard care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke
Screening for Atrial Fibrillation, After Ischemic Stroke
The aim of the study is to assess the incidence of patients suffering from ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attacks who have underlying asymptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
- Trial name
- NCT01160406
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Karolinska Institutet
Stroke, Silent Cerebral Infarct
Total Cerebral Protection With Embolic Protection Devices Thoracic Aortic Stenting
Stroke and silent cerebral infarction are a real risk with thoracic enodvascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The investigator propose to prospectively observational study with enrolment of all patients undergoing TEVAR for thoracic…
- Trial name
- NCT04062539
- Testing
- Sentinel and Spider
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Silent Stroke, Silent Cerebral Infarct
Prevalence of Attributable Etiology and Modifiable Stroke Risk Factors in Patients With Covert Brain Infarctions
The CBI registry is a prospective, interdisciplinary, multimodal observational registry of patients with covert brain infarction.
- Conditions
- Silent Stroke, Silent Cerebral Infarct, Covert Brain Infarct, Covert Brain Infarction
- Trial name
- CBI-Registry (NCT05685069)
- Where
- 2 sites in France, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 230 people
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Sickle Cell Anemia, Stroke
Silent Cerebral Infarct Transfusion Multi-Center Clinical Trial
The goal of this study is to determine the effectiveness of blood transfusion therapy for prevention of silent cerebral infarct (stroke) in children with sickle cell anemia.
- Trial name
- SIT (NCT00072761)
- Testing
- transfusion therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 196 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Right-to-left Shunt, Migraine
Registry of Right-to-left Shunt Detection by Contrast-enhanced Transcranial Doppler in Chinese Population
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the prevalence and extent of right-to-left shunt (RLS) in Chinese migraineurs, and the morbidity of silent cerebral infarction in migraineurs.
- Conditions
- Right-to-left Shunt, Migraine, Cerebral Infarction
- Trial name
- NCT02425696
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yingqi Xing
Brain Ischemia
Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Investigate Silent Strokes During Neck and Skull Angioplasty
This study will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine if silent strokes occur during angioplasty of the blood vessels in the neck or skull.
- Trial name
- NCT00015717
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)