Quantifying Collateral Perfusion in Cerebrovascular Disease-Moyamoya Disease and Stroke Patients
Cerebrovascular Accident, Moyamoya Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Cerebrovascular Accident
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Moyamoya Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.
- Outpatients seen at the Stanford Neurosurgery and Neurology Departments.
- Ability to comply with all studies.
- Inclusion of Moyamoya patients with Sulfa allergies.
- Patients diagnosed with or suspected to have Moyamoya disease.
Stroke Patient Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.
- Patients admitted to the inpatient Stanford Stroke Service for stroke-like symptoms, less than 24 hours from last time seen normal.
- Ability to comply with all studies.
Clinical Patient Acetazolamide MRI Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.
- Patients admitted to the inpatient Stanford Stroke Service or Neurosurgical -Service for symptoms compatible with cerebrovascular disease.
- Ability to comply with all studies.
Normal Subject Inclusion Criteria:
- Ability to comply with the MRI study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Level of consciousness score of 2 or greater as defined by the NIH stroke scale.
- Symptoms likely related to psychoactive drugs or patients with symptoms related to an active inflammatory disease such as AIDS, meningitis, or cerebritis.
- Psychiatric or substance abuse disorder or dementia that interferes with evaluation or interpretation of the neurologic and mental assessment of these patients.
- Informed consent cannot be obtained either from the patient or legal representative.
- Severe coexisting or terminal systemic disease that limits life expectancy or that may interfere with the conduct of the study.
- Symptoms related to an alternative diagnosis such as seizures or migraine.
- Patients receiving any thrombolytic agent or receiving acute stroke investigational drug therapies during the 30-day study.
Sites / Locations
- Stanford University School of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Moyamoya
Acute stroke
Healthy participants
Diagnosis unspecified
Approximately 60 Moyamoya patients will be enrolled, and will receive arterial spin label MRI with Xenon contrast agent to assess collateral blood flow.
Approximately 60 acute stroke patients will be enrolled, and will receive arterial spin label MRI with Xenon contrast agent to assess collateral blood flow.
Approximately 30 healthy participants will be enrolled, and will receive arterial spin label MRI with Xenon contrast agent to assess collateral blood flow.
Approximately 60 participants with diagnosis unspecified will be enrolled, and will receive arterial spin label MRI with Xenon contrast agent to assess collateral blood flow.