Clinical trialNCT02604667CompletedObservational

Mechanisms of Ischemic Stroke in Cancer Patients

SponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityEnrollment150CancerStroke

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to better understand the causes of stroke in people with cancer. Active cancer increases the risk of stroke. The investigators do not know exactly why this occurs but one possible reason is that people with cancer may have thicker blood than people without cancer. Thick blood can sometimes cause blood clots to form in the heart, which can then travel to the brain and cause stroke. This study is being done to help figure out why this and other causes of stroke occur in people with cancer. The investigators expect that information from this study will help doctors to more effectively prevent and treat stroke in individuals with cancer.

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Investigators

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Babak Navi, MD, MS
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/weill Cornell Medical Center
New York, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 8 Apr 2016
Primary completion: 1 Sept 2020
Completion: 1 Sept 2020
Last update posted: 5 May 2021
Registered enrollment: 150
Registry id: NCT02604667

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