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Last refreshed on: 11 December 2023
Main ID:  NCT02961348
Date of registration: 08/11/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Uppsala University
Public title: TIMING of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Atrial Fibrillation
Scientific title: Timing of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke With Atrial Fibrillation: a Prospective Multicenter Registry-based Non-inferiority Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: February 15, 2017
Target sample size: 888
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02961348
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Jonas Oldgren, MD. PhD
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Affiliation:  Dept of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
Name:     Signild Åsberg, MD. PhD
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Affiliation:  Dept of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients (= 18 years) with acute ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation

- Eligible and willing to start (or re-start) NOAC

- Registered in The Swedish Stroke Register

- Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Contraindication to NOAC (e.g. ongoing bleeding, mechanical heart valve prosthesis)

- Ongoing therapy with NOAC (without =2 days interruption at index stroke)

- International normalized ratio (INR)>1.7

- No second brain imaging (CT/MRI) after thrombolysis/thrombectomy

- Previous randomization in the TIMING study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Atrial Fibrillation
Ischemic Stroke
Intervention(s)
Other: Early start of NOAC
Other: Late start of NOAC
Primary Outcome(s)
Composite outcome of recurrent ischemic stroke, symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage, or all-cause mortality [Time Frame: 90 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Functional outcome [Time Frame: 90 days]
Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (S-ICH) [Time Frame: 90 days]
All-cause mortality [Time Frame: 90 days]
Major hemorrhages [Time Frame: 90 days]
Recurrent acute ischemic stroke [Time Frame: 90 days]
Secondary ID(s)
2015-00881
U-2015-341
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Swedish Stroke Register (Riksstroke)
Ethics review
Results
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