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Zambia Stroke Unit Study

NCT06457048 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-09-04

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the impact of a locally adapted stroke unit on outcomes of adults with stroke in Zambia. The main question\[s\] to answer are: • Does provision of evidence-based stroke care improve after implementation of a stroke unit at the University Teaching Hospital in Zambia? • Do patients cared for in a locally adapted stroke unit at the University Teaching Hospital in Zambia have better in-hospital and post-discharge outcomes that similar patients who were not cared for in the stroke unit? The investigators will collect data on the types of care participants receive during hospitalization and vital status (alive/dead) at the time of hospital discharge and at 90-days post-discharge. Researchers will compare patients enrolled in this study to a historical group of adults with stroke cared for at the same hospital prior to implementation of the stroke unit.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Stroke Unit

The stroke unit at the University Teaching Hospital is a 12-bed unit on the general medical wards staffed by neurologists and nurses specifically trained in stroke care. This intervention includes new protocols and clinical practice guidelines that were developed by multiple stakeholders in Zambia to standardize stroke care, with a focus on early and consistent mobilization of patients with stroke, minimizing use of urinary catheters, provision of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, formal assessment of swallowing and assignment of modified diets as needed, and appropriate initiation of secondary prevention medications for stroke. Nurses and doctors working in this unit were trained on the new stroke unit protocols and are asked to follow these protocols in caring for patients with stroke admitted to the Stroke Unit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Deanna Saylor, MD, MHS · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-25
Primary Completion
2025-05-08
Completion
2025-08-17

Countries

  • Zambia

Study Locations

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