T3 Trial: Triage, Treatment and Transfer of Patients with Stroke in Emergency Departments

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Stroke; Health services research; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000939695
• Lead Sponsor: Prof Sandy Middleton

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-09-02
• Study Completion: 2017-02-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1294

Inclusion Criteria

Cluster level (ED): Hospitals with EDs located in the Australian states of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria and Australian Capital Territory

Patient level: English-speaking; admitted to the stroke unit via ED with a clinical diagnosis of ischaemic stroke or intracerebral haemorrhage; presented to hospital less than 48 hours from symptom onset; access to a telephone.

Exclusion Criteria

Presenting to hospital more than 48 hours from symptom onset; requiring palliative care only; identified non-cerebrovascular causes of acute focal neurological deficits (seizure, hypoglycaemia, toxic or metabolic encephalopathies); sub-arachnoid haemorrhage; and acute and chronic subdural haemorrhage.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Death or dependency (defined as modified Rankin Scale [mRS] >= 2)<br><br><br>[Timepoint: 90-days post-hospital admission]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary Outcome 1:<br>Barthel Index [BI]) >= 95 (dependency score)<br><br>[Timepoint: 90 days post hospital admission];Secondary Outcome 2:<br>mean SF-36 Physical Component Score [PCS]<br><br>[Timepoint: 90 days post hospital admission];Secondary Outcome 3:<br>mean SF-36 Mental Component Score [MCS] <br><br>[Timepoint: 90-days post-hospital admission]