Quantifying Collateral Perfusion in Cerebrovascular Disease-Moyamoya Disease and Stroke Patients

Quantifying Collateral Perfusion in Cerebrovascular Disease-Moyamoya disease and stroke patients

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • drug: Xenon contrast agent
  • device: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

Moyamoya Patient Inclusion Criteria:

   - Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.

   - Outpatients seen at the Stanford Neurosurgery and Neurology Departments.

   - Ability to comply with all studies.

   - Inclusion of Moyamoya patients with Sulfa allergies.

   - Patients diagnosed with or suspected to have Moyamoya disease.

Stroke Patient Inclusion Criteria:

   - Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.

   - Patients admitted to the inpatient Stanford Stroke Service for stroke-like symptoms,
   less than 24 hours from last time seen normal.

   - Ability to comply with all studies.

Clinical Patient Acetazolamide MRI Inclusion Criteria:

   - Men and non-pregnant women, at least 21 years of age.

   - Patients admitted to the inpatient Stanford Stroke Service or Neurosurgical -Service
   for symptoms compatible with cerebrovascular disease.

   - Ability to comply with all studies.

Normal Subject Inclusion Criteria:

   - Ability to comply with the MRI study.

Exclusion Criteria:

   - Level of consciousness score of 2 or greater as defined by the NIH stroke scale.

   - Symptoms likely related to psychoactive drugs or patients with symptoms related to an
   active inflammatory disease such as AIDS, meningitis, or cerebritis.

   - Psychiatric or substance abuse disorder or dementia that interferes with evaluation or
   interpretation of the neurologic and mental assessment of these patients.

   - Informed consent cannot be obtained either from the patient or legal representative.

   - Severe coexisting or terminal systemic disease that limits life expectancy or that may
   interfere with the conduct of the study.

   - Symptoms related to an alternative diagnosis such as seizures or migraine.

   - Patients receiving any thrombolytic agent or receiving acute stroke investigational
   drug therapies during the 30-day study.

Ages Eligible for Study

N/A - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Sandra Dunn
650-724-8278
Not Recruiting

Our research team includes physicians, residents, medical students, research assistants, and volunteers. Our research topics include medical imaging, device validation,  mobile application development, and pharmaceutical trials.  

Some of the Neuro-Opthalmic concerns we investigate include Multiple Sclerosis, Optic Neuritis, IIH, and ICP.