NCT00976001

Follow-up Pilot Study After a First Stroke

Open, Randomized Follow-up Pilot Study After a First Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 163 (actual)
• Sponsor: Skaraborg Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 84 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized follow-up study after discharge from a stroke unit after a first stroke. The patients are randomized either to follow-up at a special out-patient stroke unit or with their general practitioners. The hypothesis is that follow-up with specialists is superior to follow-up with general practitioners. Endpoints are mortality, recurrent stroke and handicap measured with different scales.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Information, further rehabilitation, additional drugs to prevent recurrent stroke
OTHER	As the general practitioner wants to do

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-03-01
• Primary completion: 2008-02-01
• Completion: 2008-02-01
• First posted: 2009-09-14
• Last updated: 2009-09-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden