This months, in Lancet Neurology, a paper is published assessing whether the presence of carotid tandem lesions would modify the safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis in patients who could directly undergo endovascular treatment.
We want to congratulate all authors with this publication!

Fabiano Cavalcante, Kilian Treurniet, Johannes Kaesmacher, Manon Kappelhof, …, Yvo B W E M Roos, Zhong Rong Miao, Zifu Li, Intravenous thrombolysis before endovascular treatment versus endovascular treatment alone for patients with large vessel occlusion and carotid tandem lesions: individual participant data meta-analysis of six randomised trials, The Lancet Neurology,
Volume 24, Issue 4, 2025,Pages 305-315, ISSN 1474-4422, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(25)00045-6.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474442225000456?dgcid=coauthor

We are very pleased to announce that the CONTRAST2 call for young talent research travel grants is now open. This call is for PhD students and postdocs working in the acute stroke research field and are affiliated with CONTRAST. This grant, with a maximum budget of €10.000, can fund a visit to a renowned research group in- or outside Europe for a two-month period, during which the applicant can set up a collaboration and data sharing project to complement their research project.

The application deadline is May 15^th, 2025. This call is the second in a series of yearly calls to stimulate young investigators to expand their horizon and become acquainted with international collaboration in research.

For more information and for proposal submission, please visit this page:

Henk Marquering, involved in the valorisation of CONTRAST2, joined this interesting episode of the podcast De Technoloog by BNR (https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/de-technoloog/10567176/ai-in-de-gezondheidszorg-doorbraak-of-overgewaardeerd), were he talks about the use of AI in healthcare.
* Podcast only in Dutch

We would hereby like to inform you that the CASES protocol has been published in the European Stroke Journal! The publication is available via: https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873251319941.

Scientists from Erasmus MC, Amsterdam UMC and Delft University of Technology will jointly receive four million euros from Health~Holland, Top Sector Life Sciences & Health, on behalf of the Dutch CONTRAST Consortium. This funding will be used to develop new technologies for stroke care. “These are applications that use advanced measuring methods, artificial intelligence and digital twins’, says Theo van Walsum of the Radiology & Nuclear Medicine department, and work package lead of WP10 “Research infrastructure for data management”. These new applications and technologies are desperately needed and will also contribute to better treatment.

For more information, see also: https://www.health-holland.com/program/PPCONTRAST#:~:text=In%20Public%2DPrivate%20CONTRAST%20(COllaboration,characterization%2C%20and%20treatment%20of%20patients

Last week we received news from the American Heart Association that a CONTRAST2 related article published in Stroke, “Endovascular thrombectomy alone for large vessel occlusion: a cost-effectiveness evaluation based on meta-analyses,” is featured on Stroke’s blog, Blogging Stroke.

Blogging Stroke highlights high-impact studies published in Stroke. In addition to article summaries, Blogging Stroke includes interviews with authors of recently published Stroke articles and keeps a pulse on the latest happenings in the stroke field through coverage of conferences, including the European Stroke Organisation Conference and the International Stroke Conference. Blog posts are written primarily by a group of stroke fellows and other early career researchers, and thus the blog fosters the involvement of the younger members of the stroke community with the journal and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

The posts could help clinicians take care of patients and researchers think of new projects. Through the blog, the American Hearth Association wants to engage current Stroke readers, as well as medical students, residents, and fellows interested in cerebrovascular disease; in other words, the future leaders of the field of stroke.

To view the blog post, please visit: https://www.ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/blog.20250103.349556

Dec 2024

Afgelopen maand is de 150e patiënt geïncludeerd in de DIST (Dutch ICH Surgery TRIAL), wat betekent dat ze over de 25% van het beoogd aantal studiedeelnemers zitten!
Een mooie prestatie van dit hard werkende team! Gefeliciteerd!

Last month, the 150th patient was included in the DIST (Dutch ICH Surgery TRIAL), which means they included over 25% of the study participants! A beautiful achievement from this hard working team! Congratulations!