cerebral small vessel disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: participants must meet all of the following criteria: -For the patients only: symptomatic SVD defined as history of clinical lacunar stroke or cognitive impairment due to SVD -age over 18 -ability to provide informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: -Other major neurological or psychiatric conditions affecting the brain and interfering with the study design (e.g. multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson*s disease) -For the controls only: history of symptomatic SVD or pronounced silent SVD on MRI -Contraindications for MRI
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measures of microvascular function at 7T MRI: - Difference in mean velocity and pulsatility index of perforator flow between patients with SVDs and healthy controls. - Difference in time course of the BOLD-fMRI signal to a visual stimulus in different cortical layers between patients with SVDs and healthy controls. - Difference in Cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) to a hypercapnic stimulus between patients with SVDs and healthy controls. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Relationship between measures of microvascular function at 7T MRI and: - Severity (total burden) and location of conventional markers of SVD on 3T MRI at baseline and progression of these lesions after 2 years. - Cognitive functioning at baseline and decline in cognitive function after 2 years - blood pressure (BP) and BP variability | — |
Countries
Netherlands