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CT or MRI in Work up for i.v. Thrombolysis: a Single-centre Study

NCT02780843 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 499

Last updated 2016-05-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Acute stroke occurs in approximately 13.000 persons every year in Denmark, 10 - 15 % now receives intervenous thrombolytic therapy, which remains the most important acute treatment in ischaemic stroke. For more than a decade there has been an ongoing discussion if Computerized Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) were best before thrombolysis: Magnetic Resonance Imaging is superior in visualising ischaemia, but Computerized Tomography is quicker and more easily applicable.

In the investigators centre primary imaging in work up of acute stroke during working hours will alternate between Computerized Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging days based on a fixed calendar for a 24 months period as a quality development project.

This study is planned to include patients who have acute stroke imagining during this period, a total of 600 patients is expected. The investigators will compare door-to-needle time, patient safety, quality of imaging, patients' experience, physicians' decision certainty, and use of recourses.

Conditions

  • Acute Stroke

Interventions

OTHER

Computerized Tomography

Standard Operational Plan at admission: CT and CT-angiography

OTHER

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Standard Operational Plan at admission: Diffusion Weighted Imaging (DWI), T2-FLAIR, Gradient and arterial Time-of Flight (TOF)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • TRYG Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hanne K Christensen, MD PhD DMSci · Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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