National Egyptian Network Pediatric Stroke and Hemiplegia Registry

Ain Shams University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke With Hemiparesis; Focal Neurologic Deficits; Perinatal Stroke

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02129491

NENPSHR

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our aim is to establish multi-center national Egyptian database of information about cerebrovascular stroke and hemiplegia in infants and children from 0 to 18 years of age.

Full description

Aims: An open-ended multi-center, national Egyptian study to collect and analyze data for children with cerebrovascular stroke and hemiplegia .

Participants: Eligible infants and children with stroke and hemiplegia.

DESIGN: This study is a prospective cohort study.

Primary outcome measure: Initial acute stroke clinical and radiological presentation, recurrent stroke, mortality, and neurologic deficits in the acute stage, participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 6 weeks

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 day to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Focal neurological deficit of acute onset lasting greater than 20 minutes. And CT or MRI showing infarct in location consistent with neurological signs and symptoms
• Hemiplegia

Exclusion criteria

1. Cerebral haemorrhage not associated with ischemic infarct.
2. Hypoxic ischemic event with diffuse or bilateral infarction alone.

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Pediatric Stroke and Hemiplegia

Description:

Any infant or child with acute stroke or hemiplegia