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Proving Utility of a New Field-cycling MRI Prototype in Acute Stroke Patients
Led by University of Aberdeen · Updated on 2026-01-27
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
32 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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University of Aberdeen
Lead Sponsor
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NHS Grampian
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to test if a new type of MRI scanner, called Field-Cycling Imaging (FCI), can show changes in the brain within the first day of a stroke due to a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. The main question it aims to answer is: • Can FCI identify brain tissue that might recover within the first few hours after a stroke begins? Participants will undergo a standard MRI scan and an FCI scan, as soon as possible after hospital admission. Participants who have had a blocked blood vessel will also provide a blood sample and will have a follow up visit at 30 days for repeat of both scans and providing another blood sample.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Proving Utility of a New Field-cycling MRI Prototype in Acute Stroke Patients
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Acute stroke within less than 24 hours from symptom onset
- NIHSS score 4 or higher and less than 25 with cortical involvement and/or large vessel occlusion on baseline imaging
- Able to undergo 3T and Field-Cycling Imaging MRI scans within 24 hours of stroke onset
- Stroke patients with or without thrombolysis treatment
You will not qualify if you...
- Contraindications to MRI
- Medically unstable condition
- Unable to understand or follow instructions related to MRI scanning
- Prior modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score greater than 3
- Identified for thrombectomy procedure
- Non-stroke brain pathology or previous cortical infarct affecting more than one-third of the middle cerebral artery territory on CT scan
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom, AB25 2ZD
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Mary Joan MacLeod, PhD
CONTACT
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Gordon D Waiter, PhD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
2
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