Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Enoch Orugun
ORCID ID
Contact details
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
West Cumberland Hospital
Whitehaven
Cumbria
CA28 8JG
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1946 693181
olu.orugun@ncumbria-acute.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0055116761
Study information
Scientific title
Acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of intermediate care for stroke patients in a rural population, pragmatic randomised trial
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Will intermediate care teams achieve patient outcomes as good as those of conventional care for stroke patients in our population?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Stroke
Intervention
Pragmatic randomised trial - To use block randomisation with each group with similar severity.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
1. Physical Component Summary
2. Summaries of the Medical Outcomes study - short form 36 (SF36)
Secondary outcome measures
There are several secondary outcomes
Overall trial start date
01/05/2002
Overall trial end date
01/12/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Stroke patients at WCH with a diagnosis of stroke
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
160 (80 in Research Group and 80 in Control Group)
Participant exclusion criteria
Admitted from residential homes
Recruitment start date
01/05/2002
Recruitment end date
01/12/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Whitehaven, Cumbria
CA28 8JG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Stroke Association (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
professional associations and societies
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary