Status:

COMPLETED

SMARTCap Stroke Study: A Field Deployable Blood Test for Stroke

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

The hypothesis is that a stroke causes release of purines from brain into blood and that this is a very early biomarker of brain ischaemia. The investigators propose a simple blood test of substances ...

Detailed Description

In this study, the investigators propose to use newly developed biosensor technology (SMARTCap) to directly address whether purines are indicators of real strokes, and can distinguish strokes from oth...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Stroke patients: Admitted to the Hyperacute Stroke Unit having a suspected stroke within 1 hour of admission. Important to note that not all these patients will have suffered a stroke
  • Control participants: Relatives of patients admitted to the stroke treatment pathway, who are healthy and have no signs of cardiovascular illness
  • Healthy volunteers

Exclusion

  • Stroke patients: Delay in admission exceeds the time window of 4 hours between stroke symptoms and admission
  • Control participants: Obvious signs or history of cerebrovascular disease
  • Unhealthy volunteers

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2014

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

217 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02308605

Start Date

September 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2015

Last Update

April 20 2016

Active Locations (2)

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University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust

Coventry, United Kingdom, CV2 2DX

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University of Keele

Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ST4 7QB