Stroke-IMPaCT / Information for participants

Information for participants

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Can I participate in the study?
Patient information sheets
Can I contribute to this study if I’ve not had a stroke?

Can I participate in the study?

Participants for this study will be recruited at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (Salford, UK) and Stanford Health Care (Stanford, USA) shortly after surviving an ischemic stroke.

Eligible participants must:

  • have had an ischemic stroke in the last 48 hours
  • be over the age of 45
  • have no health problems that might interfere with their participation
  • be an inpatient at either Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust (Salford, UK) or Stanford Health Care (Stanford, USA).

Full participation criteria can be found in our patient information sheets.

If you believe that you or your relative might be eligible, please speak to your doctor, who will be able to tell you if you are able to participate and will provide you with further information.

If you have any general questions, please contact a member of the study team.

Any participant in the study will:

  • be able to withdraw their consent for participation at any time, and request that any samples they’ve previously given or questionnaires they’ve taken be destroyed;
  • be re-compensated for travel costs;
  • not be identifiable to the scientists analysing the blood samples they give and the questionnaires they take.

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Patient information sheets

View full participation criteria and the Salford Royal NHS Trust patient information sheet:

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Can I contribute to this study if I’ve not had a stroke?

Yes! 

To help the scientists with this research, we also need people who haven’t had a stroke.

The Stroke survivors enrolled in Stroke IMPaCT may also have other health conditions similar to yourself. For our team to do their most meaningful research, they need to compare the Stroke survivors in their study with other people who have similar health conditions but whom have not had a Stroke.  

For example, if one of the stroke participants has diabetes, the team also need someone who hasn’t had a stroke, but whom is a similar age, sex and ethnicity and who also has diabetes to participate.

We’re looking for volunteers who:

  • Are 45 or older
  • Have got diabetes, high blood pressure or vascular disease such as angina, a heart attack, or artery disease in the legs
  • Have never had any form of stroke, a mini-stroke or a serious brain injury
  • Do not have dementia
  • Are not taking immunosuppressant medication
  • Don’t have problems with their kidneys

There are two ways that you could participate:

Option 1: up to 3 appointments, approx. 30 minutes each over 18 months- 5 years [option 1 participant information sheet].

You will be asked:

  • For basic medical, health and demographic information
  • To donate a sample of blood (up to 57.5ml)

Option 2: up to 8 appointments, of up to 12 hours in total over 2 years [option 2 participant information sheet].

You will be asked:

  • For basic medical, health and demographic information
  • To donate a sample of blood (up to 57.5ml)
  • To undertake cognitive and gait assessments
  • To have a brain scan (MRI).

Download our Participant Information Sheets

Non-stroke participant option 1

Non-stroke participant option 2

Register your interest or find out more!

You can register your interest online or over the phone. Please contact our team on email or on the phone with any questions or for any more information.

Online: Use our sign up form

Email: acute.research@nca.nhs.uk

Tel: 0161 206 2188

Transport will be provided, or travel expenses paid. For those undertaking a scan (non-stroke participant option 2), compensation will be offered for your time.

 

 

 

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