Testing light or melatonin to help brain recovery after stroke
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation, Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at whether changing your sleep timing using light therapy or melatonin can improve “brain rewiring” after an ischemic stroke. It mainly focuses on people who arrive very soon after stroke symptoms and who also meet specific safety and sleep/medication requirements.
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Who can take part
- You had an ischemic stroke and were admitted within 1 day of symptoms starting
- Your stroke was in the brain artery areas fed by the anterior, middle, or posterior cerebral arteries
- You are between 18 and 80 years old
- Your stroke is moderate to severe (NIH Stroke Scale score of 5 or higher)
- Your treatment included a blood-clot approach like clot-busting medicine (thrombolysis) or clot removal (thrombectomy), with good reopening of blood flow if needed
- You can give consent and safely take part in light therapy or melatonin if assigned
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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