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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN66434824
ISRCTN66434824Completed未知

Determining the potential of ambulance-based randomised controlled trials in patients with hyperacute stroke: assessment of glyceryl trinitrate in lowering blood pressure

niversity of Nottingham (UK)0 sites41 target enrollmentStarted: May 9, 2008Last updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
41

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. Adult patients of either sex; greater than 40 years of age
  • 2. Paramedic assessment of stroke on basis of positive Face & Arm weakness and Speech abnormality Test (FAST) in the context of a call to a patient with a possible acute stroke
  • 3. Event less than 4 hours of onset (sleep stroke - onset as bed time)
  • 4. High systolic BP (greater than 140 mmHg)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. No consent/assent is available
  • 2. GTN is indicated (e.g. concurrent angina)
  • 3. GTN is contraindicated (e.g. dehydration, hypovolaemia)
  • 4. Aged less than 40 years
  • 5. Coma; Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score less than or equal to 8
  • 6. History of seizures
  • 7. Non-ambulatory pre-morbidly (modified Rankin scale of greater than 2)
  • 8. Hypoglycaemia (if glucose tested)
  • 9. Patients from a nursing home

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Nottingham (UK)

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