DEliriuM in STroke: the Link Between Stroke, Delirium and Long-term Cognitive Impairment

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Conditions studied: Ischemic Stroke, Delirium, Cognitive Impairment

In brief

Primary objective of this study: determine whether PSD is a risk factor for PSCI, independent of brain frailty and premorbid cognitive functioning. Secondary objectives: 1. to investigate the role of infarct location, imaging markers of brain frailty and brain network disintegration in the development of PSD; 2. to investigate the role of persistent brain network disintegration in the development of PSCI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06650436

Run by

Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

People needed

150

Starts

2024-05-20

Expected to finish

2026-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• 18 years or older,
• clinical diagnosis of first-ever ischemic stroke (onset <72h at time of inclusion),
• admitted at stroke unit of UZ Brussel,
• ability to participate in cognitive assessments,
• fluency in Dutch or French,
• ability to undergo an EEG during the first 24 hours after onset of stroke symptoms,
• ability to undergo MRI of the brain.

You may not qualify if…

• epilepsy history,
• pre-existing, space occupying brain lesion (except small meningeoma),
• pregnancy or wish to become pregnant,
• severe language impairment or dementia impeding cognitive assessment, life expectancy of less than 1 year.

Where it is running

• Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel — Brussels, Belgium (enrolling)

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