Clinical Trials

The Baptist Health System as a partner with the University of Texas Health Science Center's Department of Neurosurgery in The Brain & Stroke Network , participates in research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NINDS) investigating treatments for stroke. NINDS, a branch of the National Institute of Health, conducts stroke research and clinical trials through grants to major medical institutions across the country.

The goal of this research is to reduce neurological disease and develop better ways to help the brain repair itself in an effort to restore function lost as a result of a stroke. Currently, The Brain and Stroke Network is participating in the two multi-center clinical trials listed below and supported by NINDS. To learn more about these clinical trials, click on the link and/or contact Anne Leonard MPH, RN, CCRC, FAHA.

These trials include these multi-center studies:

• CLEAR IVH III - Clot Lysis: Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage Phase III
• MISTIE - Minimally Invasive Surgery plus r-TPA for ICH Evacuation