Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Registry

Recruiting

• Conditions: Stroke

• Registration Number: NCT02693223
• Lead Sponsor: American Heart Association

Brief Summary

Get With The Guidelines-Stroke is a program for improving the quality of care for patients hospitalized with stroke by promoting consistent adherence to the latest evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

Detailed Description

Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care by promoting consistent adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines. Since its initiation in 2003, 2,637 hospitals have entered 3,892,063 patient records into the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke database. Numerous published studies demonstrate the program's success in achieving measurable patient outcome improvements.

Achievement measures tracked through the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke:

* IV rT-PA arrive by 3.5 hour, treat by 4.5hour

* Early antithrombotics

* VTE prophylaxis

* Antithrombotics at or by discharge

* Anticoagulation for Afib/Aflutter at or by discharge

* Smoking cessation at or by discharge

* Intensive Statin Therapy

Quality measures tracked through the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke:

* Dysphagia screen

* Time to intravenous thrombolytic therapy-60 min

* NIHSS reported

* Stroke education at or by discharge

* Rehabilitation considered at or by discharge

* LDL Documented

Additional measures collected by Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke can be viewed at: https://www.heart.org/en/professional/quality-improvement/get-with-the-guidelines/get-with-the-guidelines-stroke/get-with-the-guidelines-stroke-patient-management-tool

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-23
• Study First Posted: 2016-02-26
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-29
• Primary Completion: 2040-01
• Study Completion: 2040-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3892063

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients presented with a diagnosis of Ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Intracerebral hemorrhage, or Stroke not otherwise specified to the hosptials.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who do not have a diagnosis of Ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, Subarachnoid hemorrhage, Intracerebral hemorrhage, or Stroke not otherwise specified.
• Patients under age of 18

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
In-hospital mortality	6 days - mean for length of hospitalization for Stroke patients
Modified Rankin Scale at Discharge	6 days - mean for length of hospitalization for Stroke patients	Patients grouped by Modified Rankin Scale at discharge
Risk-Adjusted Mortality Ratio (for Ischemic-Only and Ischemic and Hemorrhagic models)	30 days post discharge from hospital	A ratio comparing the actual in-hospital mortality rate to the risk-adjusted expected mortality rate.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amy Bennett; 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States