New study to uncover why strokes strike after heart treatments
NCT ID NCT07314476
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will observe 400 adults who have a stroke within 28 days of a heart procedure, such as a stent or valve replacement. The goal is to learn more about these strokes, including how severe they are and how well current treatments work. No new drugs or devices are being tested; instead, researchers will collect data to improve future care.
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 study could help doctors better understand and treat strokes that occur after heart procedures, potentially improving recovery for future patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly test a new therapy, so it cannot lead to a cure or new drug on its own.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
Acute ischemic stroke in adult patient (\>18 years old) after cardiological intervention, male and female.
- 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 in adult patient (18 years of age or older) as diagnosed according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria; * stroke with evidence of CT/MRI DWI/FLAIR acute lesion in the first neuroimaging or in the follow-up at 24-48 h; * interventional cardiological procedures performed within 28 days since the stroke onset (Percutaneuous Coronary Intervention - PCI, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement - TAVR, Baloon Aortic Valvuloplasy - BAV, Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement, Patent Formaen Ovale - PFO - or Atrial Septal Defects - ASD - Closure, Left Atrial Appendage Closure, Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Percutaneous Closure of Paravalvular Leaks); * written informed consent provided by the patient himself or by proxy (for unconscious patients, cognitively impaired, or aphasic). Exclusion Criteria: * Stroke-like symptoms due primarily to another non-ischemic/hemorrhagic acute neurological condition or stroke mimics (e.g. severe hypo- or hyperglycemia, migraine with aura, functional disorders, etc); * Spontaneous and post traumatic hemorrhagic stroke or spontaneous/post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage or subdural hematoma; * AciuImpossibility to achieve written informed consent
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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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Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences
L’Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy
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