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Sildenafil (Viagra) Treatment of Subacute Ischemic Stroke

NCT00452582 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2011-03-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the leading cause of serious long-term disability. Approximately 50% of the 750,000 people affected by stroke each year have residual physical impairment. Treatment options for recovery are limited at this time. Sildenafil (Viagra) has demonstrated the capability of significantly improving recovery in several animal experiments of stroke. This study is aiming to establish the safety of treatment with sildenafil in people with stroke with the ultimate aim of testing its usefulness to improve recovery.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Sildenafil (Viagra)

Dose escalation (one of the following): 25 mg daily for 2 weeks, 50 mg daily for 2 weeks, 75 mg daily for 2 weeks, 50 mg twice daily for two weeks, 50 mg AM and 75 mg PM for 2 weeks, 75 mg twice daily for 2 weeks, 75 mg in AM and 100 mg in PM for 2 weeks, 100 mg twice daily for 2 weeks.

OTHER

Usual care

Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Henry Ford Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Silver, MD · Henry Ford Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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