Window to the brain: eye scans reveal stroke clues
NCT ID NCT04712747
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study used a special eye-imaging technique called adaptive optics to look at tiny blood vessels in the retina of people who recently had a stroke. Researchers compared these images to those from healthy individuals to see if the blood vessel structure differs. The goal was to better understand how stroke affects the body's smallest blood vessels.
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 use eye exams to better understand and monitor stroke-related blood vessel changes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not lead to immediate clinical changes or apply to all stroke patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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91 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Inpatients with confirmed stroke for less than 10 days and controls (Individuals presenting at the Rothschild Foundation Hospital with no history of stroke)
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * For the patients with stroke: Inpatients with confirmed stroke (clinical and imaging) for less than 10 days * For the controls: Individuals presenting at the Rothschild Foundation Hospital with no history of stroke who are matched to cases already included in the matching criteria: Age ± 5 years, Gender, high blood pressure (no history, untreated, treated) Diabetes (Yes, No), Body Mass Index (BMI \< 25, 25 ≥ BMI \< 30, BMI ≥ 30) Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Insufficient state of consciousness or physical condition to perform the adaptive optics examination * For the patients with stroke: Hemorrhagic post-traumatic hematoma stroke type, or symptomatic stroke of a brain tumour or an arteriovenous malformation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Fondation A. de Rothschuld
Paris, 75019, France
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