Advancing Telestroke Care: A Prospective Observational Study

NCT ID: NCT01226862

Last Updated: 2013-12-05

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

508 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-12-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study will promote the development and economic sustainability of telemedicine for acute stroke treatment.

Detailed Description

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The goal of this study is to promote the development and economic sustainability of telemedicine for acute stroke treatment. The study's objectives are 1) to determine if the use of telemedicine consultations for stroke patients will improve their care per guidelines compared to stroke patients treated by control hospitals; and 2) to determine if the care per guidelines provided via telemedicine consultations for stroke patients will be similar or equivalent to care per guidelines provided to stroke patients treated at hub hospitals.

The Advancing Telestroke Care study will establish treatment and outcomes in three distinct study cohorts: hub telemedicine hospital, spoke telemedicine hospital and non-telemedicine control hospital.

Conditions

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Stroke

Keywords

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Stroke Telemedicine Telestroke

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Hub Hospital

Hub Hospital Cohort: Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Centers where patients are treated using hospital-based stroke teams and pathways; these hospital personnel also provide telemedicine consultation to satellite hospitals.

No interventions assigned to this group

Spoke Hospital

Spoke Hospital Cohort: non-stroke center certified sites, where patients are treated at an in-network telestroke community hospital using telemedicine technology with consultation provided by physicians from a hub hospital.

No interventions assigned to this group

Control Hospital

Control Hospital Cohort: non-stroke center certified sites with no telemedicine services.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age greater than or equal to 18 years old
* Acute ischemic stroke within 12 hours of stroke onset

Exclusion Criteria

* Life expectancy less than 90 days
* Patient unwilling to participate in study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swedish Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

California Pacific Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Stroke Association, United States

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Gene Sung, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Locations

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University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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NSA Telestroke

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id