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Status unknownNCT04257149MODSUpdated Feb 5, 2020

Mobile Microwave-based Diagnosis and Monitoring of Stroke

An interventional study of Hemorrhagic stroke group (group A) and Ischemic stroke group (group B) in Stroke, Acute and Intracerebral Hemorrhage, sponsored by Helse Stavanger HF. Status unknown at 4 sites in Norway. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-02-05.

Sponsored by Helse Stavanger HF · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
500
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a prospective, open, multicentre trial that will enrol patients with clinical signs of stroke in the acute phase admitted for CT scan. The study assesses the diagnostic capability and safety of Strokefinder MD100.

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This is a prospective, open, multicentre trial that will enrol patients with clinical signs of stroke in the acute phase admitted for CT scan. The investigator will assess and control the inclusion/exclusion criteria. If the patient is confirmed to be suitable for the trial, the patient is asked to give oral informed consent. If the answer is affirmative the microwave measurement will be performed. The procedure will take less than five minutes (the duration of the actual measurement procedure is 1.5 minutes) and will not interfere with the patient's standard of care during the hospital stay. Written informed consent is acquired by the investigator, as soon as possible after the acute phase of care is completed.

The measurement data will be evaluated for the presence of signal artifacts. The diagnostic ability of the device will be evaluated using a leave-one-out cross validation (LOOCV) method with the CT diagnosis as ground truth.

Safety will be evaluated throughout the trial, and a safety follow-up will be performed by the investigator 24 hours after the last microwave measurement. No further follow-up of patients is planned.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke, Acute
  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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In context

Stroke

7,441 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,012 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 50 across 5,482 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

Helse Stavanger HF is the lead sponsor of 97 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patient with clinical signs of stroke
  • Patient should be ≥ 18 years of age
  • Patient/next of kin confirms orally that the patient wants to participate in the trial (during acute phase)
  • Signed Informed Consent Form (after acute phase)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant or nursing woman
  • Fertile woman where pregnancy cannot be excluded
  • Patient diagnosed with a condition associated with risk of poor protocol compliance
  • The diagnostic procedure is deemed to interfere with the standard of care
  • Any other condition or symptoms preventing the patient from entering the study, according to the investigator´s judgment
  • Any patient that according to the Declaration of Helsinki is deemed unsuitable for study enrolment
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Diagnostic
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
500 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Hemorrhagic stroke group (group A)

    Patient group A is defined as patients that are diagnosed with hemorrhagic stroke.

    Diagnostic Test: Hemorrhagic stroke group (group A)

  • Experimental
    Ischemic stroke group (group B)

    Patient group B is defined as patients that are diagnosed with ischemic stroke.

    Diagnostic Test: Ischemic stroke group (group B)

  • Experimental
    Stroke mimic group (group C)

    Patient group C is defined as patients with stroke mimics, i.e. with initially suspected stroke but not diagnosed with stroke.

    Diagnostic Test: Stroke mimic group (group C)

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testHemorrhagic stroke group (group A)

    Group A: A microwave measurement (Stroke finder MD100) will be performed with the patient lying on the ambulance stretcher, in the hospital bed or another suitable surface.

  • Diagnostic testIschemic stroke group (group B)

    Group B: A microwave measurement (Stroke finder MD100) will be performed with the patient lying on the ambulance stretcher, in the hospital bed or another suitable surface.

  • Diagnostic testStroke mimic group (group C)

    Group C: A microwave measurement (Stroke finder MD100) will be performed with the patient lying on the ambulance stretcher, in the hospital bed or another suitable surface.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. To evaluate the diagnostic ability of the device to diagnose hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke in the prehospital and hospital setting

    The diagnostic ability as measured by the area under the curve of the device for patient groups (group C vs. groups A + B) using the LOOCV method

    Time frame: Baseline

Secondary outcomes

  1. Adverse events within 24 hours

    Any adverse events occurring within 24 hours from the measurement procedure(s)

    Time frame: Baseline to 24 hours

  2. To evaluate the diagnostic ability of the device to differentiate patients with stroke mimics

    To evaluate the diagnostic ability of the device to differentiate patients with stroke mimics from patients with stroke (hemorrhagic stroke and ischemic stroke) in the prehospital and hospital setting

    Time frame: Baseline

  3. To evaluate the delivery of adequate measurement data from the device

    To evaluate the delivery of adequate measurement data from the device in the prehospital and hospital setting

    Time frame: Baseline

  4. To evaluate the amount of time needed to perform the measurement procedures

    To evaluate the amount of time needed to perform the measurement procedures in the prehospital and hospital settings

    Time frame: Basline

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Study locations

3 of 4 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Feb 2018 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2022, 48 months after the start.

Of 2,859 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Stroke, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 45. This study's planned 48 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 2,988 studies reached it within 23 months; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 45.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 1, 2018
First posted
Feb 5, 2020
StartActual
Feb 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2022
CompletionEst.
Feb 2025
Last update
Feb 5, 2020
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 5, 2020, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04257149
Lead sponsor
Helse Stavanger HF
Collaborators
Haukeland University Hospital, Equinor, Medfield Diagnostics, Nordlandssykehuset HF
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Feb 5, 2020
Start date
Feb 1, 2018
Primary completion
Feb 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 5, 2020

Study contacts

Martin Kurz, PhD
Contact
martin.kurz@sus.no
47246847
Martin Kurz, PhD
principal investigator · Helse Stavanger HF

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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