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NCT06038175Completed

vHIT Testing for Presentation of Dizziness at a Comprehensive Stroke Center

Is Video Head Impulse Testing a Safe, Reliable and Cost Effective Method of Assessment of Patients Presenting for Dizziness at a Comprehensive Stroke Center?

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2024

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the video head impulse test (vHIT) device, when implemented in the acute ED setting to identify acute ischemic stroke or central pathology vs peripheral vestibular dysfunction in patient's presenting with vertigo. This study will evaluate the implementation of the device, consistency with current diagnostic standards, unnecessary administration of antithrombolytics and will further study the reduction in hospital admissions and overall healthcare costs.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (actual)
First submitted
1 Sept 2023
Start date
16 Jan 2024
Primary completion date
31 Jul 2024
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Diseases
Stroke
NCT number
NCT06038175

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 30
  • From 16 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 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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Other illness

  • COVID +

Other

  • Prisoners
  • Cognitively Impaired Individuals

Who the study is looking for

  • Adults between the ages of 18-90
  • Admitted to the MUSC ED with symptomatic dizziness, concerning for a stroke vs peripheral vestibular dysfunction.

Age in the registry: 18 years to 90 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Medical University of South Carolina
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CharlestonUnited StatesUnknown status

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