External Clinical Trials to get Involved in
Here will be listed ongoing external Clinical Trials whose leads have asked ARNI to highlight their work in order that members of the public can apply in order to be involved with research: to receive the intervention(s) and accompanying therapy if appropriate.
Many clinicians running trials have considerable problems getting enough former patients to come along and take part in their trials – and the paradox is that many former patients don’t know how to get involved in trials but would if they could, as there is often a benefit to them. So we hope here in this section to be a conduit for both clinicians and survivors – please check back because new evaluations and trials are loaded up when requests come in.
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY, UCL
TIPS (tDCS in post-stroke fatigue)
is a Wellcome Trust and Stroke Association funded study in which
we are trying to identify neural correlates of fatigue or tiredness in stroke patients.
Does reduced motor cortical excitability cause post-stroke fatigue?
Please have a look at the flyer from the Institute of Neurology concerning this vital but under-researched area.
For more information, please contact:
Mr William De Doncker
william.doncker.11@ucl.ac.uk
02034488774
KINGSTON & ST GEORGE’S, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Managing your arm after stroke (MyARM)
We want to find out about the experiences of people whose arm and hand have been severely affected by a stroke.
We also want to find out about the experiences of family members and friends.
You can
• Give an interview
Or
• Come to a focus group
Or
• Complete a survey questionnaire
Contact Info:
To find out more, please visit http://www.healthcare.ac.uk/research/my-arm/
or contact Dr Stefan Tino Kulnik: s.t.kulnik@sgul.kingston.ac.uk, T: 020 8725 2266, M: 077 5836 9472
Institute of Neurology, UCL
Neurofast: A study into the causes of fatigue experienced after stroke.
Please have a look at the flyer from the Institute of Neurology concerning this vital but under-researched area.
Please
get in touch with Dr Anna Kuppuswamy (Research Fellow) if you have post-stroke fatigue and would like to get involved with Dr Kuppuswamy’s investigation.
PLUS!
NEW ACCOMPANYING STUDY:
Identifying barriers to home-based, long-term follow-up fatigue assessment tests
THIS CAN BE COMPLETED BY ANY STROKE SURVIVOR, AT HOME, IN FIVE MINUTES, AND SUBMITTED BY EMAIL
PLEASE HELP UCL HELP OTHERS…
Contact Info:
Email: a.kuppuswamy@ucl.ac.uk Phone: 07710 717532
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL
A study into how the brain recovers language after stroke.
Please email The PLORAS Research Team if you would be interested in contributing to this very interesting and important study concerning language recovery.
Please read the information sheet: you will receive an MRI and language test.
Contact Info:
Website: www.ucl.ac.uk/ploras Phone: 0207 813 1538 / 07984 111585
Kings College, London & the Nick Davidson Laboratory @ Imperial College, London
A study into the effect of mental tasks and exercise on a gym ball on postural responses of trunk muscles.
Please have a look at the request sheet from the Imperial College concerning this issue, and COME TO IMPERIAL and get involved!
Please apply to Dr Paul Strutton (Principal Investigator) if you have read patient information sheet (as appropriate) and think you would like to be involved.
Contact Info:
Email: p.strutton@imperial.ac.uk Phone: 02033 138837
Movement Science Group, Oxford Brookes University
A study designed to explore a new approach to rehabilitating walking after stroke.
Apply to Daan Meester (Research Assistant) or Professor Helen Dawes (Research Physiotherapist).
Contact Info:
Daan Meester (Research Assistant), dmeester@brookes.ac.uk telephone: 01865 483272 ; Professor Helen Dawes (Research Physiotherapist), nhdawes@brookes.ac.uk telephone: 01865 483293
SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
The Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Alliance (ABIRA) is actively involved in stroke research. ABIRA recruits participants for its studies from the Register for Healthcare Involvement and Technology Evaluation (RHITE) database that has been established by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative. RHITE is a free-resource to support patient and carer recruitment in brain injury research studies. For further information:
FAQs: http://www.brainmic.nihr.ac.uk/RHITE
Leaflet: http://www.brainmic.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RHITE-Leaflet-MIC-Launch-2018.pdf
Registration Page: https://orioncloud.org/rhite
Contact Info:
The Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation Alliance: www.abira.ac.uk
School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia
A Study concerning Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills in Children who have sustained an Acquired Brain Injury.
All further info: Jessica Ingham (Researcher)