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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00141752
Date of registration: 30/08/2005
Primary sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Public title: Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST) - A Bedside Swallowing Screening for Stroke Patients
Scientific title: Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST) - A Bedside Swallowing Screening for Stroke Patients
Date of first enrolment: October 2002
Target sample size: 311
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00141752
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Nicholas E Diamant, MD
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Affiliation:  University Health Network, Toronto
Name:   Rosemary Martino, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Toronto
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients with a new diagnosis of brainstem or cerebellar stroke

- patients with a new diagnosis of cortical stroke with NIH Stroke Scale score of 4 or
above

Exclusion Criteria:

- patients with a previous history of stroke with dysphagia

- patients with a confirmed history of Parkinson's, Parkinsonian Syndrome, ALS, MSA,
MS, dementia, or other neurodegenerative disease

- patients with a history of cranial neurosurgery

- patients with a known previous or current oropharyngeal dysphagia due to structural
or neurological cause

- patients with active COPD or current pneumonia



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cerebrovascular Accident
Deglutition Disorders
Intervention(s)
Device: Toronto Bedside Swallowing Screening Test (TOR-BSST)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CSN II.10
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Canadian Stroke Network
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
Parkwood Hospital, London, Ontario
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
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