Minor stroke study seeks to predict who bounces back years later
NCT ID NCT06995040
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to find early signs that predict quality of life more than four years after a minor ischemic stroke. Researchers will analyze data from 1,000 patients, including MRI scans, saliva samples, and questionnaires. The goal is to build a model that helps doctors understand who is likely to recover well and who may need extra support.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors predict which patients will recover well after a minor stroke and guide personalized follow-up care.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not find strong predictors, and results may not apply to all stroke patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Cases of stroke in the Brest Stroke Registry (BSR) * Ability to sign informed consent * Patients followed-up \> 4 years during the study period * NIHSS score ≤ 5 on admission * First stroke above 18 and before 75-year old * Rankin before stroke \< 1 * Possibility to draw saliva samples for genomic study * Possibility to perform Cerebral MRI Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with transient neurological deficits resolving within one hour and normal brain imaging will be excluded. * Not affiliated to social security * Patient under legal protection or deprived of liberty by a judicial or administrative decision * Patient unable to sign informed consent * Patient whose follow-up will be impossible
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Brest
RECRUITINGBrest, 29609, France
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