By Lori Jordan.May is pediatric stroke awareness month. Recognizing a stroke in a child can be difficult. I have been reflecting on how important it is for all healthcare providers and families in our communities to know that strokes occur in children. We recently...
Arterial Ischemic Stroke
COVID-19 and pediatric stroke—is there a connection?
By Heather Fullerton.One of our earliest pediatric mechanical thrombectomy cases at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital was during the 2003 SARS global outbreak. Some of you may remember how children suffered more severe respiratory illnesses with that other...
Vascular effects of Infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS)
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | NIH | Heather Fullerton | VIPS II is an international multi-center NIH funded study that proposes to enroll 200 pediatric stroke cases and 200 pediatric stroke-free cases. Biological specimens, imaging, parent interviews and...
Feasibility, Safety and Outcome of Endovascular Recanalization in Childhood Stroke: a worldwide multicenter prospective registry (Save ChildS Pro)
| Enrolling | Prospective Observational Registry |Multi-Site | Peter Sporns | Save ChildS Pro is a prospective registry including all pediatric patients with large vessel occlusion arterial ischemic stroke either treated with endovascular thrombectomy or best medical...
Seizures in Pediatric Stroke (SIPS)
| Closed | Observational | Multi-site | PERF | Christine Fox| SIPS II is an international multi-center PERF funded study that proposed to enroll 300 neonatal and pediatric stroke cases. Imaging, EEGs, medical chart abstraction and epilepsy longitudinal outcome data...
Rehabilitation Early for Congenital Hemiplegia
|Enrolling |Clinical Trial | Multi-Site |Professor Roslyn Boyd | The REACH multisite assessor masked randomized Comparison trial directly compares an equal dose of infant modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (Baby CIMT) with infant modified Bimanual upper limb...
Parental Emotional Outcomes in Perinatal Stroke (POPS)
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Boston Children’s Hospital | Laura Lehman | The POPS study is a prospective multi-site IPSS sub-study that investigates whether an educational video on perinatal stroke etiology will decrease the emotional burden of guilt and...
Examination of PTSD, Anxiety, Depression in parents and children with pediatric arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) and association with stroke outcome (PIPS)
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Boston Children’s Hospital | Laura Lehman| The PIPS study is a prospective multi-site IPSS sub-study that investigates the association between emotional outcomes (PTSD, anxiety, and depression) and AIS. The study uses...
Advanced Neuroimaging in Pediatric Stroke: Pathophysiology of Injury and Repair in Children with Focal Brain Ischemia
| Enrolling | Observational | Multi-site | Brain Canada | Noma Dlamini | The Brain Canada study is the first multi-center, international, advanced prospective neuroimaging study in childhood stroke. The study focuses on using novel neuroimaging techniques to...
Risk Factors Associated With Stroke in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Fontan
Rehabilitation Early for Congenital Hemiplegia
|Enrolling |Clinical Trial | Multi-Site |Professor Roslyn Boyd | The REACH multisite assessor masked randomized Comparison trial directly compares an equal dose of infant modified Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (Baby CIMT) with infant modified Bimanual upper limb...