Brain, Blood and Clot or Tissue Registry and Collaboration (BACTRAC)

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Observational
SUMMARY

This is a prospective open enrollment biorepository to collect and evaluate blood and tissue collected during cerebrovascular procedures, which will then be used for the purposes of identifying biological markers, inflammatory cell infiltrates, and biological states in stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases in the human condition. The study population will include up to 1000 subjects with cerebrovascular disease or suspected cerebrovascular disease. Male and female participants 18 years of age and older will be enrolled. This protocol covers the procurement of biological samples from patients undergoing any cerebrovascular surgery and/or neurointerventional clinical procedure at University of Kentucky. Control participants will include patients undergoing non-emergent, elective diagnostic cerebral angiography as well as patients undergoing emergent angiogram cases. This study represents the first time that tissue, clot and blood will be evaluated for the markers, proteins, and cytokines in human subjects undergoing cerebrovascular procedures. By starting with the human condition, the investigators aim to minimize this loss in translation. Overall, this study will have a great impact on our knowledge of stroke pathology. In essence, this could fundamentally change not only how the investigators develop treatment strategies for the stroke patient population but allow us to individualize the treatment dependent on time after stroke, age, sex, and co-morbidities. Molecular techniques that are impractical when delivered systemically could be delivered locally to impede the early inflammation. This research aims to advance understanding of cerebrovascular disease and to support the development of improved therapies.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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Locations
United States
Kentucky
University of Kentucky Deparment of Neurosurgery, UK Chandler Hospital
RECRUITING
Lexington
Contact Information
Primary
Jennifer R Isaacs, MS, MS
jennifer.isaacs@uky.edu
859-323-4738
Backup
Justin F Fraser, MD
jfr235@uky.edu
859-323-0616
Time Frame
Start Date: 2017-05-11
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-12-28
Participants
Target number of participants: 1000
Treatments
Cerebrovascular procedure patients
This is a registry. No above standard of care interventions will take place. Participants must be undergoing a clinically routine cerebrovascular procedure.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Justin Fraser
Collaborators: University of Kentucky

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