Status:

RECRUITING

The Role of Circadian Factors in Regulation of Neuroplasticity in Ischemic Stroke (Interventional)

Lead Sponsor:

Federal State Budgetary Institution, V. A. Almazov Federal North-West Medical Research Centre, of the Ministry of Health

Conditions:

Ischemic Stroke, Acute

Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

There is a lack of complex studies which could establish the association between genetic circadian factors with the features and short-term outcomes of ischemic stroke, as well as the effects of vario...

Detailed Description

The study will investigate the influence of combined blue light exposure and melatonin therapy on molecular biomarkers of circadian rhythms, sleep characteristics and stroke outcome in acute stroke pa...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • acute (symptom onset to admission \<1 days) ischemic stroke
  • ischemic stroke affecting the branches of anterior cerebral artery, middle cerebral artery and posterior cerebral artery
  • age 18-80 years
  • moderate or severe stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, NIHSS\>=5)
  • intravascular stroke treatment with thrombolysis or thrombectomy leading to satisfactory reperfusion (if applicable)
  • informed consent

Exclusion

  • secondary parenchymal hemorrhage (\>hemorrhage index (HI)-2)
  • clinically unstable or life-threatening conditions
  • previous stroke in the last 6 months
  • known progressive neurological diseases
  • known psychiatric diseases
  • concomitant benzodiazepine medication
  • drug or alcohol abuse
  • pregnancy
  • inability to participate in the study
  • severe sensory aphasia
  • melatonin intake at/before admission
  • light therapy use at/before admission
  • blindness
  • severe sleep-disordered breathing (apnea-hypopnea index \>=30/h)
  • contraindications to light therapy (severe retinopathy, epilepsy, porphyria, intake of drugs with photosensitizing effects)
  • contraindications to melatonin intake (severe bronchial asthma, severe autoimmune disorders, chronic kidney disease 3b stage and higher, leukosis)
  • congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (\<=45%) or New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification III-IV functional class.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05247125

Start Date

March 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

August 8 2025

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Almazov National Medical Research Centre

Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197341