Status:
COMPLETED
Spatial Neglect and Delirium After Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Kessler Foundation
Collaborating Sponsors:
NYU Langone Health
Conditions:
Stroke
Delirium
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to understand what brain mechanisms become disrupted when stroke survivors experience delirium. Delirium is an acute reduction in attention and cognition, associated with poo...
Detailed Description
Delirium assessment and prevention has a tremendous impact on hospitalization outcomes and health care costs. Delirium is a multi-component syndrome characterized by an acute reduction in cognitive fu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \- Able to give informed consent prior to beginning of testing; have 1st ever ischemic stroke on the right side of the brain; speaks English; \>18 years of age
Exclusion
- all of the following will be excluded:
- Participants with another brain disorder expected to produce severe visual-spatial abnormalities (including malignant brain tumor, traumatic brain injury with post-injury neurological problems, or Alzheimer's Disease)
- Women knowing themselves to be pregnant will not be enrolled; pregnancy may itself affect visual-spatial attention. However, women of childbearing potential will not be tested for pregnancy before participating.
- Persons consuming more than 10 alcoholic beverages weekly
- For participants who will undergo an MRI scan the following will be excluded:
- Pacemaker or other implanted electrical device incompatible with the MR environment
- Eye injury to the eye involving metal filings
- Unable to undergo MRI due to doctor recommendation
- Claustrophobia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 18 2017
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
45 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03349411
Start Date
July 18 2017
End Date
December 30 2020
Last Update
April 30 2021
Active Locations (2)
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1
Kessler Foundation
West Orange, New Jersey, United States, 07052
2
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue
New York, New York, United States, 10016