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UnknownNCT03577847
Rural CT Examination and Thrombolytic Treatment for Stroke
Rural CT Examination and Thrombolytic Treatment for Stroke: An Observational Study of Medical and Health Economic Effects
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Vestre Viken Hospital Trust · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To counteract long term sequelae from stroke, ultrarapid diagnosis and treatment, high quality multidiciplinary in-hospital care and optimal long term rehabilitation is required. In this study, the investigators are moving the essential first diagnosis and treatment out into the community close to where the patient live, thus shortening the all important time from debut of symptoms to thrombolytic treatment improving the prognosis of stroke patients.
Detailed description
Stroke is an acute, potentially mutilating disease. To counteract long term sequelae three factors are essential: Ultrarapid diagnosis and treatment, high quality multidiciplinary in-hospital care and optimal long term rehabilitation. Initial diagnosis and treatment has up to now been completed within the hospital domain. This study will change that: moving the essential first diagnosis and treatment out into the community close to where the patient lives thus shortening the all important time from debut of symptoms to thrombolytic treatment. We will operate a local computer tomography (CT) service in the hands of community based non-specialized health care personnel (MD and nurse) acting under direct telemetric guidance from on call hospital specialists. Thus, the investigators will show that by combining current technological advances in real time video communication with an acutely well functioning cooperation between the community and hospital health service personnel the prognosis of stroke patients is improved.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Rural CT scanning | Rural computer tomography for acute stroke |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-20
- Primary completion
- 2020-04-07
- Completion
- 2021-12-31
- First posted
- 2018-07-05
- Last updated
- 2021-04-14
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Norway
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03577847. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.