Active clinical trials for "Ischemic Stroke"

The study is to determine the safety of human neural stem cell transplantation for the treatment of paralysis and related symptoms due to chronic motor stroke and to determine the maximum tolerated dose.

This study is randomized, open-lable, parallel-group and comparator-controlled. 456 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted within the first 72 hours after onset of symptoms will be studied. Those patients who will be randomly assigned to receive 2 different treatment for the first 3 days of hospitalization(non-statin-therapy group) or to immediately receive rosuvastatin orally at a dose of 20mg daily (statin-therapy group). From the fourth day onward, rosuvastatin 10 mg daily will be administered in all patients. The total trial will be continued 12 months. mRS will be investigated at baseline, 3rd month, 12th month ;MMSE and Montreal tests will be investigated at baseline and 12th month. Laboratory data including serum lipids, Fg and hs-CRP.Among these, serum lipids will be tested at baseline, 8th day, 3rd month, 6th month,and 12th month; hs-CRP will be tested at baseline and 8th day, 3rd month; Fg will be tested at baseline, 8th day, 3rd month. Safety will be also assessed by adverse event reports and clinical laboratory data including CK-MB, renal and hepatic function at 3rd month, 6th month,12th month.

Demonstrate that maintenance of systolic blood pressure between 140 and 160 mm Hg during the acute phase of ischemic stroke is more effective than management according to the International Guideline (treat when systolic blood pressure exceeds 185 mm Hg)

The investigators design a randomized, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture using Jiao's motor area for motor dysfunction in ischemic stroke patients using the following outcomes: motor function, activity of daily living,quality of life.

Stroke is a leading causes of death and disability. At least 20% of strokes occur during sleep, so- called 'wake up stroke'. Thrombolysis with the clot-busting drug alteplase is effective for acute ischaemic stroke, provided that it is given within 4.5 hours of symptom onset. Patients with wake-up stroke are currently ineligible for clot-busting therapy. Previous studies indicate that many wake-up strokes occur just before awakening. In this study, patients with wake-up stroke will be randomized to thrombolysis with tenecteplase and best standard treatment or to best standard treatment without thrombolysis. Tenecteplase has several potential advantages over alteplase, including very rapid action and that it can be given as a single injection. Prior to thrombolysis, a brain scan must be done to exclude bleeding or significant brain damage as a result from the stroke. We will use a CT scan to inform this decision. CT is used as a routine examination in all stroke patients. Other studies testing clot-busting treatment in wake-up stroke are using alteplase and more complex brain scans, which are not routinely available in the emergency situation in all hospitals.

This is a 12-week, randomized, placebo controlled study to determine if donepezil (Aricept) treatment during rehabilitation after stroke improves functional recovery.

This study will determine if Xiaoshuanchangrong (XSCR) capsule will improve recovery from an acute stroke. The study is designed to look at both overall recovery and recovery of motor function, for example muscle strength and coordination.

A clinical trial comparing treatment with Imatinib to placebo when administered within 8 hours of stroke onset for 6 days, in addition to conventional stroke treatment after acute ischaemic stroke.

Placing the head of bed (HOB) at 0-degrees has been shown in small studies to improve blood flow to the brain in patients with ischemic stroke caused by large artery occlusions, thereby reducing stroke symptom worsening. This simple yet potentially impactful intervention has yet to be tested in a large clinical trial in hyperacute large artery ischemic stroke patients, but may provide nurses with a powerful contribution to acute stroke care that is capable of preventing worsening of stroke symptoms and promoting stabilization. Because stroke is the leading cause of preventable long-term disability in adults, this study may show that simple methods such as 0-degree HOB positioning should be considered one of the very first actions taken in the emergent management of acute ischemic stroke patients.

Several previous studies have used tDCS as a neuromodulation tool, showing improvements in several diseases (Lefaucheur et al., 2017). Based on these observations, it is believed that the use of tDCS in combination with specific motor training may provide the opportunity to induce behavioral improvements in patients with motor deficits. As shown in previous reports brain stimulation can, in fact, interact with the intrinsic ability of the brain to "repair" damaged brain functions, increasing the involvement of compensatory functional networks and thus inducing neuroplasticity. If these low-cost, easy-to-use stimulation techniques prove to be useful in improving motor deficits with long-term effects, the current study would open up new and interesting avenues in the field of neurorehabilitation. Given the potential long-lasting effects of tDCS, there is currently a growing interest in the clinical sector with the aim to reduce motor deficits in patients with brain injury. The most widely used protocols in stroke patients include the application of either anodal on the hypsilesional hemisphere or cathodal tDCS on the unaffected hemisphere (contralateral), so as to increase and decrease the excitability of the motor cortex, respectively (Nitsche and Paulus, 2001). The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of transcranial direct current stimulation in enhancing the functional recovery of the upper limb of stroke patients after three weeks of neuromotor training and subsequent follow-up. The secondary objective is to evaluate the treatment effects on balance, gait, motor dexterity and disability, besides the functional recovery of the lower limb.