Status:

COMPLETED

The "COSMOS"-Study (Copeptin in Osmoregulation and Stress Assessment)

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Conditions:

Stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

Sodium imbalance is common and an adverse prognostic factor in hospitalized patients. However, identifying the causes of sodium imbalance is challenging in clinical practice. Levels of antidiuretic ho...

Detailed Description

Background: Sodium imbalance is common and an adverse prognostic factor in hospitalized patients. However, identifying the causes of sodium imbalance is challenging in clinical practice. Levels of an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All consecutive patients who are admitted to the emergency department with an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke or transient ischemic attach (TIA) according to the World Health organization criteria \[37\] with symptom onset within the last 3 days.
  • All consecutive patients who undergo intracranial surgery due to
  • pituitary tumors
  • intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)
  • subarachnoidal hemorrhage (SAH)
  • chronic subdural hematoma
  • head trauma with contusion cerebri
  • intracranial abcesses

Exclusion

  • Patients without informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2006

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

469 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00390962

Start Date

November 1 2006

End Date

March 1 2008

Last Update

September 23 2008

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University Hospital Basel

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland, 4051