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NCT Number: NCT03288090

Evaluate the Frequency of Fatigue After Cerebral Infarction

Cerebral infarction is a type of stroke that can lead to sometimes disabling sequelae. Among these sequelae, fatigue is frequently reported by patients. It is therefore important for doctors to understand why patients suffer from fatigue after cerebral infarction and to determine whether treatments given for the cerebral infarction may have an impact on this fatigue.

The aim of this research was to study the frequency of fatigue after cerebral infarction, the associated factors, in particular the impact of treatments administered in the acute phase.

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Key information

Conditions

Symptomatic Cerebral Infarction

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU Dijon Bourgogne

Dijon, 21079, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients presenting recent symptomatic cerebral infarction (< 1 week) defined according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and hospitalised at the Stroke Unit in Dijon University.
  • Patients aged 18 years or older.
  • Patients who have been informed about the study, or their person of trust for patients unable to express their consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients (or their person of trust) who refuse to participate in the study.
  • Subjects in custody.
  • Patients presenting prior co-morbidity as a cause of significant fatigue in the opinion of the investigator
  • Patients with dementia or aphasia before the stroke
  • Patients (or their person of trust) who may be difficult to contact by telephone during the follow-up.

Treatment and study plan

FSS: Fatigue Severity Scale

Other

Fatigue scale with 9 items rated from 1 to 7, assessing physical fatigue, fatigue in the psychosocial environment and fatigue in general (3 items in each category).

Neuropsychological evaluation battery

Other

A standardized French neuropsychological battery for the cognitive evaluation of stroke patients.

Other functional scores

Other

Rankin Score, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Score, Rivermead Mobility Index (RMI) scale, Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HAD) scale for depression / anxiety, Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale for quality of life, Quality Index of Pittsburgh Sleep (PSQI), Vertical Analog Visual Scale for Pain and Vertical Digital Visual Scale

Primary outcomes

  1. Fatigue evaluated using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Fatigue After Stroke

Acronym: Fatigue AVC

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Sep 19, 2017
Registry last updated
Feb 6, 2026

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