Blood and brain scans may predict stroke deterioration
NCT ID NCT07422636
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at 213 people with acute ischemic stroke to see if combining brain scans with blood tests could better predict complications like brain swelling or bleeding. Researchers also used a mouse model to study how brain cells change after stroke. The goal is to find new ways to prevent further brain damage after a stroke.
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 research could lead to better ways to predict and prevent brain swelling or bleeding after a stroke, improving patient outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. The findings may not directly translate into new therapies, and the animal model may not fully mimic human stroke.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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213 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
All patients with acute ischemic stroke, admitted directly to the Emergency Department of the Careggi University Hospital in the period between 04/24/2021 and 06/30/2023, who met the following inclusion criteria.
- 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: * Acute ischemic stroke; * Anterior Circulation stroke (TACS, PACS, LACS according Bamford classification); * Age ≥ 18 years; * Onset of symptoms within 12 hours; * Providing informed consent to data processing; Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of haemorrhagic stroke; * Baseline and follow-up clinical and radiological parameters consistent with posterior circulation stroke; * Admission beyond 12 hours from symptoms onset; * Patients transferred from other hospitals or with in-hospital onset; * Patients denying or withdrawing their consent to data processing; * Pregnancy;
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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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University of Florence, NEUROFARBA Department, Careggi Hospital
Florence, Florence, 50134, Italy
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