Advanced MRI scan in stroke patients to predict disability outcome.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I639- Cerebral infarction, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/12/022404
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Infarct of 2 to 7 days
Single anterior circulation stroke
No prior history of stroke or white matter pathology
Exclusion Criteria
Patient with large infarct involving most of brain parenchyma
Patient with intracranial hemorrhage
Patients with claustrophobia/ implants/ other contraindications for MRI scanning
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess whether anisotropy using Diffusion Tensor Imaging in the corticospinal tract correlates with motor outcome in stroke patients.Timepoint: 1 year 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1) Correlation of DTI metrics in stroke with NIH stroke scale, at presentation, keeping it as gold standard. <br/ ><br>2) To predict efficacy of DTI metrics in prognosticating motor outcome, using established clinical scores on days 7,30 and 90. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 year 6 months