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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN74743444
Date of registration: 22/05/2003
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Glasgow and Greater Glasgow Health Board (UK)
Public title: A multi-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled clinical trial examining the efficiency and safety of multi-vitamin therapy in secondary stroke prevention
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Date of first enrolment: 01/07/2003
Target sample size: 8000
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN74743444
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicentre randomised double-blind placebo-controlled clinical (Not Specified)  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Georgia Hong Kong India Italy
Malaysia Moldova Netherlands New Zealand Pakistan Philippines Portugal Serbia
Singapore Sri Lanka United Kingdom United States of America
Contacts
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Affiliation: 
Name: Kennedy R    Lees
Address:  Department of Medicine & Therapeutics Gardiner Institute Western Infirmary 44 Church Street G11 6NT Glasgow United Kingdom
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Email: krl1r@clinmed.gla.ac.uk
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients presenting to one of the participating neurologists or general physicians within 7 months of stroke (ischaemic or haemorrhagic) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) (eye or brain) are eligible for this trial.

In addition the patient must:
1. Agree to take study medications
2. Be geographically accessible for follow up
3. Provide written informed consent

Exclusion criteria: 1. Taking folate or vitamin B6, on medical advice
2. Use of vitamin supplements containing B6, B12 or Folate (unless patient agrees to take study medication instead of the vitamin supplements which they usually take)
3. Taking Methotrexate for any reason
4. Pregnancy or women of child-bearing potential who are at risk of pregnancy
5. Limited life expectancy


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Not Specified
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cardiovascular
Circulatory System
Stroke
Intervention(s)
Multivitamins folate 2 mg, B6 25 mg, B12 500 µg or placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome event is the composite event 'stroke, myocardial infarction, or death from any vascular cause', whichever occurs first.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary outcome measures include TIA, depression, dementia, unstable angina, revascularisation procedures of the coronary, cerebral and peripheral circulations.
Secondary ID(s)
G0200583
NCT00097669
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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