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Proving Utility of a New Field-cycling MRI Prototype in Acute Stroke Patients
Sponsor: University of Aberdeen
Summary
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.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2025-09-16
Completion Date
2026-05
Last Updated
2026-01-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
3T MRI research scan
Baseline MRI scan
Field-Cycling Imaging research scan
Baseline FCI scan
Follow up 3T MRI research scan
Day 30 3T MRI scan
Follow up Field-Cycling Imaging research scan
Day 30 FCI scan
Blood samples for clotting experiments in vitro
Thrombi from whole blood from ischaemic stroke patients will be formed and examined using bench top nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) assays. At baseline and 30 days after stroke onset.
Locations (1)
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, United Kingdom