NCT02476396Completed
Structural Stability of Carotid Plaque and Symptomatology
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Aug 2024
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of the research is to understand structural plaque abnormalities that make a carotid plaque unstable and brake off (embolize) which would help to predict and treat individuals who are likely to suffer not only classic episodic major strokes but also cognitive impairment.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 176 (actual)
- First submitted
- 5 Jun 2015
- Start date
- 9 Nov 2015
- Primary completion date
- 14 Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Diseases
- Stroke
- NCT number
- NCT02476396
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 176
- From 9 Nov 2015 to the primary completion date, 14 Jul 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Previous history of carotid artery surgery (endovascular or open) on the same side
- Previous cervical radiation
- Contraindication to MRI scans (impaired renal function, need for sedative medication during scans, inability to lie in scanner for 60 minutes)
- Previous history of Stroke or TIAs
- Previous history of carotid artery surgery (endovascular or open)
Other
- Patients not felt be suitable for carotid endarterectomy or stenting (endovascular)
- Patients with impaired consent capacity
- Prisoner status
- Control-Subjects with impaired consent capacity
- Prisoner status
Who the study is looking for
- Patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy or stenting (endovascular) for established clinical criteria
- Age \> 18 years
- Male or Female
- English speaking
- Patients must sign written informed consent form
- A spouse or sibling of a Patient Subject
- Age \> 18 years
- Male or Female
- English speaking
- Control-Subject must sign a written informed consent form
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin - Madison Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madison | United States | Unknown status |
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