Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

International Multicenter Patent foRamen OVale & strokE (IMPROVE) Registry

Lead Sponsor:

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Conditions:

Stroke

Patent Foramen Ovale

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a prevalent cause of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in young patients. Its role as a cause of cerebrovascular events in the older population is more ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • INCLUSION CRITERIA (all of the following criteria should be fulfilled)
  • Age ≥18 years
  • Ischemic stroke or TIA within 5 years and 1 year before inclusion in the registry. Patients with cerebrovascular events occurred within one year before the inclusion in the registry should be part of the prospective cohort.
  • Ischemic stroke is defined as:
  • focal neurological deficit of central origin lasting ≥24 hours -except for death within 24hrs- with or without imaging confirmation of cerebral infarction; or
  • focal neurological deficit of central origin lasting \<24 hours with corresponding imaging evidence of cerebral infarction; or
  • focal neurological deficit of central origin lasting \<24 hours in patients receiving IV thrombolysis or endovascular thrombectomy with or without imaging confirmation of cerebral infarction; or
  • non-focal encephalopathy lasting more than 24 hours -except for death within 24hrs- with imaging evidence of cerebral infarction; or
  • acute and permanent retinal ischemia of arterial origin.
  • TIA is defined as:
  • focal neurological deficit of central origin lasting \<24 hours without corresponding imaging evidence of cerebral infarction in patients not receiving IV thrombolysis or endovascular thrombectomy.
  • Confirmed patent foramen ovale.
  • EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Age \<18 years
  • Venous stroke
  • Stroke mimics
  • Patients with incomplete data at 12 months after the index ischemic stroke or TIA.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    November 13 2019

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    November 13 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    3730 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04738071

    Start Date

    November 13 2019

    End Date

    November 13 2025

    Last Update

    March 13 2024

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    Heart & Brain Lab, Western University

    London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5A5