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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02223273
Date of registration: 19/08/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Hospital do Coracao
Public title: Brazilian Intervention to Increase Evidence Usage in Practice - Stroke (BRIDGE-Stroke) BRIDGEStroke
Scientific title: A Cluster Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Increase in Usage of Evidence-based Practices for Stroke Treatment Using a Multifaceted Strategy
Date of first enrolment: September 2016
Target sample size: 1624
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02223273
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Health Services Research. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Otavio Berwanger, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Hospital do Coração
Name:     M. Julia Machline Carrion, MD, MHS, PhD
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Affiliation:  Hospital do Coração
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Patient Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients over 18 years old, diagnosed with ischemic stroke (including transient
ischemic attack) with symptoms lasting up to 24 hours.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with signs of hemorrhagic stroke, expansive lesions, central nervous system
infections, and those coming from institutions that did not provide institutional
approval form signed by the patients' guardians.

Cluster Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Hospitals with a emergency department, with available tomography, neurologist and
alteplase

Exclusion Criteria:

- Hospitals that don't provide Institutional Authorization Form



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acute Ischemic Stroke
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Multifaceted Strategy
Primary Outcome(s)
Frequency of Evidence Based Strategies [Time Frame: Discharge or 7 days after admission]
Composite Adherence Score [Time Frame: Discharge or 7 days after admission]
Secondary Outcome(s)
"All or None" Quality Measures [Time Frame: Discharge or 7 days after admission]
Stroke Recurrence [Time Frame: 90 days]
Disability [Time Frame: 90 days]
Total Mortality [Time Frame: Discharge or 7 days after admission and 90 days]
Additional Strategies [Time Frame: Discharge or 7 days after admission]
Secondary ID(s)
BRIDGE-Stroke
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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