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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1
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Coventry, United Kingdom, CV2 2DX
2
University of Keele
Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, ST4 7QB