STARR
Stroke Telemedicine for Arizona Rural Residents Trial
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Status:
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Purpose:
To establish a system for the prospective collection, recording, and regular analysis of telestroke patient consultation and care data for the purpose of quality measure assessment and improvement and benchmarking against other national and international telestroke programs.
Interventions:
Telemedicine
Two way site independent audio/video telemedicine system with DICOM.
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Year Started:
2008
Design:
Interventional, Treatment, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study.
Inclusion Criteria
Patients presenting to Rural Emergency Department within 12 hours of acute stroke symptom onset.
Exclusion Criteria
Unlikely to complete study through 90-day follow-up.
Patient Involvement:
The patient or legal designate will be approached by either the spoke emergency physician investigator and/or the hub neurologist investigator (via telemedicine camera) for consent to proceed with telestroke consultation, and to acquire, store, and analyze data concerning the acute stroke care and outcome of the patient. There will be a brief 90 day follow-up phone call by the research coordinator to patient and/or family member.
Primary Outcome:
To assess the numbers of patients who receive thrombolytics and the time to treatment in patients evaluated by telemedicine.
Secondary Outcome:
To assess the functional outcomes of acute stroke subjects by Barthel index and Modified Rankin Scale; to assess the rate of intracranial hemorrhage post thrombolysis.
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Source of Information:
ClinicalTrials.gov
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This information last updated on: 10/13/2009
Reviewed on: 10/13/2009.
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