Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

PET Perfusion Imaging Techniques and Comparing Them to CT Perfusion Imaging in Stroke

Canada20 participantsStarted 2016-02-01

Plain-language summary

Adult patients who are diagnosed with an acute supratentorial ischemic stroke within 48 hrs of onset will be enrolled into the study. Participants will undergo both a CT Scan and PET scan within 7 days of onset. Participants will have the option to undergo a second PET scan with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age: \>18 yo * Gender: male or female * Acute (within 7 days from symptom onset) Supratentorial Ischemic Stroke Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) Planned surgical intervention * 2\) Severely abnormal blood glucose level (will be excluded from FDG PET imaging) * 3\) Unable to undergo CTP or PET imaging (i.e. claustrophobia) * 4\) Pregnancy

What they're measuring

Compare PET brain perfusion imaging to CTP

Timeframe: through study completion, 1 year from start of recruitment

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04571177

SponsorUniversity of Alberta

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2028-12-31

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