Evaluation of a Novel Technique to Diagnose Carotid Artery Stenosis

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Carotid Artery Stenosis

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of a new non-invasive device, the Carotid Stenotic Scan (CSS), to check for stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) as compared to a carotid ultrasound study.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03464851

Run by

The Cleveland Clinic

People needed

51

Starts

2018-03-08

Expected to finish

2020-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Outpatients age > 18 years sent to the vascular laboratory for carotid duplex examination for initial carotid ultrasound study or for follow-up of known carotid disease.
• Enrolled patients will include at least 100 subjects with at least moderate known stenosis (50-69% or greater, PSV > 125 cm/sec) or occlusion of one or both ICAs
• Up to 25 patients with known fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) of the internal carotid arteries.

You may not qualify if…

• Age < 18 years.
• Hospitalized inpatients.
• Inability to provide informed consent.
• Prior history of carotid endarterectomy or carotid artery stent.
• Prior neck surgery
• Known prosthetic heart valve, known critical aortic stenosis, or study indication "preop" open heart or aortic surgery.

Where it is running

• Cleveland Clinic — Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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