Recruiting

Telemedicine Network

Sponsor:

Thomas Jefferson University

Code:

NCT02447094

Conditions

Stroke

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Alteplase

Study Details

Brief summary:

To study the effect of a telemedicine model of stroke care on patient-based outcomes.

Conditions

Stroke

Study ID

NCT02447094

Start date

Feb, 2015

Status verified date

Feb, 2016

Primary completion date

Feb, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke (AIS)
  • Age >17 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hemorrhagic strokes (ICH or SAH)
  • Transient ischemic attacks (TIA)
  • Trauma
  • Inability to obtain informed consent
  • Participation in another study

Study Design

Enrollment

300 participants

Anticipated

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

Exposed

AIS patients evaluated through RTP and who receive i.v. tPA

Un-exposed

AIS patients evaluated through RTP and who do not receive i.v. tPA

Interventions

Alteplase

Intravenous (i.v.) tPA per the standard of care

Primary outcome measure

  • HRQoL [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

Contacts

James P Murphy

215-503-5739James.P.Murphy@jefferson.edu

Principal Investigator:

Fred Rincon, MD, MSc

More Information

Sponsor

Thomas Jefferson University

Last update posted

Feb 9, 2016

Last verified

Feb, 2016

Keywords

  • ischemic
  • tPA
  • tele-medicine
  • robot
  • tele-stroke

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Thomas Jefferson University on 2016-02-09.