A randomised trial to establish the effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression sleeves (applied to the legs) to prevent post stroke deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke; Circulatory System; Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction

• Registration Number: ISRCTN93529999
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Edinburgh (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-10-09
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients (both males and females) who were admitted to hospital within 3 days of a clinical stroke fulfilling the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria
2. Those who are not able to get up from a chair/out of bed and walk to the toilet without the help of another person

Exclusion Criteria

Current information as of 20/05/2010:
1. Patients with stroke due to subarachnoid haemorrhage
2. Patients who, in the opinion of the responsible clinician/nurse, are unlikely to benefit from IPC
3. Patients with contraindications for the use of IPC
4. Patients who already have swelling or other signs of an existing DVT. Such patients may be recruited once a DVT has been excluded by normal D Dimers or Compression Doppler ultrasound.
5. Patients under 16 years of age

Initial information at time of registration:
1. Patients with stroke due to subarachnoid haemorrhage
2. Patients who, in the opinion of the responsible clinician/nurse, are unlikely to benefit from IPC
3. Patients who are anticoagulated (taking warfarin, unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin or direct thrombin inhibitors) at the time of enrolment in whom it is planned to continue the anticoagulation throughout the first week or two after the stroke
4. Patients with contraindications for the use of IPC
5. Patients who already have swelling or other signs of an existing DVT. Such patients may be recruited once a DVT has been excluded by normal D Dimers or Compression Doppler ultrasound.
6. Patients under 16 years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified