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Kantonsspital Baden RehaClinic Zurzach |
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Information provided by: | Kantonsspital Baden |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00122798 |
The investigators implemented a structured chain of acute stroke care with early integrated rehabilitation. The mortality at 6 months was lower (12%) compared to 23% in the International Stroke Trial (IST) and 39% (67%) of the patients were dead or dependent, which is superior compared to international data.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Stroke |
Procedure: Stroke treatment |
Phase IV |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Natural History, Longitudinal, Defined Population, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | Improved Stroke Outcome at 6 Months Attained by a Chain of Structured Acute Treatment With Integrated Rehabilitation and Supported Discharge |
Estimated Enrollment: | 200 |
Study Start Date: | January 2002 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | January 2005 |
Background/Aim of the study: To further reduce the 6 months stroke morbidity and mortality in a high volume stroke hospital and to compare the results with national and international data.
Methods: 204 consecutive stroke patients are analyzed in a prospective study in a single center teaching institution. The intervention consists of a structured therapeutic chain of 290 collaborating GPs, a standardised acute hospital proceeding overlapping with an early integrated neurovascular rehabilitation within the same institution. Primary endpoints include death and dependence at 6 months, secondary endpoints are the length of hospital stay (LOS) and the quantitative analysis of physical and psychosocial impairments. The data are directly compared with the same endpoints of the Swiss subgroup of the international stroke trial (IST) and recent international data.
Results: At 6 months, mortality is significantly lower with 12 % (compared to 23 % in the IST trial) and only 39 % (67 %) of the patients are dead or dependent. Stroke severity is similar as in other study populations. Median LOS is 15 days in the acute clinic and 39 days in the rehabilitation institution. The psychosocial outcome compares favorably to a matched control group.
Conclusions: A structured chain of acute stroke treatment overlapping with an early integrated rehabilitation is superior compared to national and international ischemic stroke trial data.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Switzerland, Aargau | |
Kantonsspital Baden | |
Baden, Aargau, Switzerland, 5404 |
Principal Investigator: | Juerg H Beer, M.D | Dept of Medicine, Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland |
Study ID Numbers: | EK 50 |
Study First Received: | July 21, 2005 |
Last Updated: | June 23, 2006 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00122798 |
Health Authority: | Switzerland: Swissmedic |
Stroke, stroke treatment, atrial fibrillation, medication, rehabilitation |
Cerebral Infarction Stroke Vascular Diseases Brain Ischemia Central Nervous System Diseases Ischemia |
Brain Infarction Atrial Fibrillation Brain Diseases Infarction Cerebrovascular Disorders |
Nervous System Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |