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"Mobile Stroke Unit"-Concept for Delivery of Specialized Acute Stroke Care to Patients in Remote Areas

NCT02465346 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2019-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Treatment of acute stroke must be fast. The aim of this trial is to show feasibility, safety and clinical benefit of a strategy of diagnosis and treatment directly at the emergency site for hyperacute treatment and transfer to the most appropriate target hospital. The effects on reduction delays until different stroke treatments will be assessed. First estimations of cost-effectiveness will also be performed.

Conditions

  • Acute Stroke

Interventions

DEVICE

MSU-based stroke management

Prehospital stroke treatment with a mobile stroke unit

DEVICE

Control stroke management

Conventional stroke management

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Saarland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Klaus C Fassbender, MD · Department of Neurology, Saarland University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-06-30
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2018-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

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