Prevention of Stroke and Dementia in Primary Care

Summary

In Western Countries, stroke and dementia are the main causes of long-term disability, dependency, and nursing home admission. Due to demographic trends a continuous increase of patient numbers can be expected.

There is growing evidence that vascular risk factors which are implicated in the etiology of stroke also play important etiologic roles in both vascular dementia and Alzheimer disease. The present project is aimed at the reduction of stroke and dementia by means of a systematic detection and subsequent treatment of vascular risk factors by the family doctor based on established guidelines.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Dementia
• Disability

Interventions

OTHER

Systematic detection of vascular risk factors and subsequent evidence-based treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• AOK Bayern

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfall-Hilfe

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ratiopharm GmbH

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Sanofi-Synthelabo

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Organon

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Teva Pharma GmbH

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Bayer

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Berlin-Chemie Menarini

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Technical University of Munich

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Horst Bickel, PhD · Dept. of Psychiatry, Technical University of Munich

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

55 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2001-01-31

Primary Completion

2008-12-31

Completion

2010-03-31

Countries

• Germany

Study Locations