NCT05653141 · RECRUITING
Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment
This study is not testing a treatment. Instead, it is tracking how thinking and memory change over time in people who have had their first ischemic stroke. Researchers want to understand why some people recover cognitive function well while others do not. There is no intervention — it is an observational study, meaning researchers watch and measure rather than test a drug or therapy.
You may qualify if
- Age ≥18 years old
- First-ever anterior circulation ischemic stroke confirmed by routine MRI
- Time of enrollment: ≤ 10 days from stroke onset.
You're excluded if
- Previous stroke anamnestic or based on clinical imaging
- Additional stroke in posterior circulation
- Conditions that preclude the cognitive testing (e.g. delirium, intubation, reduced vigilance
- Neurological or psychiatric conditions that preclude the data interpretation (e.g. pre-stroke dementia, schizophrenia, brain tumor, regular intake of benzodiazepine, depression)
- MRI contraindication
- Native language other than German, French or Italian
The sponsor's own eligibility wording, lightly reformatted. The study team makes the final eligibility decision — worth discussing with your doctor.
Eligibility criteria as of 2026-05-06