NCT03938311

Time Window for Ischemic Stroke First Mobilization Effectiveness

Time Window for Early Mobilization in Improving Prognostic Outcomes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: an Investigator-Initiated Prospective Multicenter Randomized 3-Arm Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,500 (estimated)
• Sponsor: China Stroke Databank Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Early mobilization was thought to be effective in patients with acute ischemic stroke. As the essential component of stroke unit care, early mobilization has already been part of routine clinical practice. However, it is uncertain that which and when medical service focusing on functional recovery should be delivered after the emergency interventions for stroke. Besides, the optimal time window, for delivering early mobilization after acute ischemic stroke, has not been verified with strong evidence.

Detailed description

The TIME Trial is a pragmatic, investigator-initiated, multi-center, randomized, 3-arm parallel group, clinical trial. This trial will be conducted in 57 general hospitals in mainland China affiliated with the China Stroke Databank Center and will enroll 6033 eligible patients with acute ischemic stroke. Participants will be randomly allocated to either (1) the very early mobilization group in whichmobilization is initiated within 24 hours from stroke onset, (2) the early mobilization group in which mobilization begins between 24 and 72 hours poststroke, or (3) the late mobilization group in which mobilization is started after 72 hours poststroke. The mobilization protocol is otherwise standardized and identical for each comparison group. Mobilization is titrated by baseline mobility level and progress of patients throughout the intervention period. The primary outcome is death or disability assessed with the modified Rankin scale at 3 months poststroke. Secondary outcomes include impairment score of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, dependence in activities of daily living as measured using the modified Barthel Index, cognitive ability assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination, incidence of adverse events, hospital length of stay, and total medical costs. Study design: an Investigator-Initiated Prospective Multicenter Randomized 3-Arm Clinical Trial Sample size: 1500 cases

Conditions

• Brain Ischemia
• Stroke Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	early rehabilitation	The three study groups share a same intervention protocol in addition to the initiation timing of intervention from the stroke onset. The frequency and intensity of the intervention is titrated according to functional activity baseline and monitored daily and adjusted with recovery. Encourage patients to move out of bed as soon as possible. Definition of bed movement: Encourage and help patients to perform functional actions, focusing on activities such as sitting, standing, walking out of the bed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-13
• Primary completion: 2022-10-01
• Completion: 2022-12-01
• First posted: 2019-05-06
• Last updated: 2022-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China