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SITS-WATCHReduction of In-hospital Delays in Stroke Thrombolysis: SITS-WATCH

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What is being tested

Reduction of DTN

Other
Who is being recruted

Brain Diseases+5

+ Cardiovascular Diseases

+ Central Nervous System Diseases

Over 18 Years
+2 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Services Research Study

Interventional
Study Start: January 2013
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Summary

Principal SponsorSITS International
Study ContactNils Wahlgren, Prof.More contacts
Last updated: March 15, 2013
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Study start date: January 1, 2013

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

In patients with acute ischemic stroke: the sooner the thrombolysis treatment is administered after symptom onset - the better the outcome. This delay can be dissected into onset-to-door time and door-to-needle time (DNT). Of the two, DNT can be directly influenced within the hospital by stream-lining of acute stroke care. The aim of our study is to reduce in-hospital delays (DNT) in self-selecting centers recruiting patients into the the Safe Implementation of Treatments in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR) , comprising currently more than 80 000 patients from 1338 centers. Current median of DNT in all SITS centers is 65 minutes (compared with 20 minutes in Helsinki Univer-sity Central Hospital). An itemized detailed questionnaire, including all factors known to influence DNT, has been sent to all SITS centers to identify the reasons for long in-hospital delays. Based on the replies, we have prepared a list of interventions that can be considered by individual SITS centers in order to reduce DNT with interventions that are in line with national legislation.

NCT01811901
Principal SponsorSITS International
Study ContactNils Wahlgren, Prof.More contacts
Last updated: March 15, 2013
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

3000 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Services Research Study

These studies look at how healthcare is delivered, managed, and organized. They aim to improve care quality, patient experience, and access to treatment.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Brain DiseasesCardiovascular DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesCerebrovascular DisordersNervous System DiseasesVascular DiseasesIschemic StrokeStroke

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate
All consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke registered in SITS registry
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Centers not inputing patient data into SITS registry. Patients with missing DNT data

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Active Comparator
15-item list of suggested interventions aiming to reduce DNT sent to SITS-WATCH centers.

Group II

No Intervention
Centres that do not use 15-item list of suggested interventions aiming to reduce DNT.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Recruiting

SITS International / Karolinska Hospital

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SuspendedOne Study Center