Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
RHC28317
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
What is the clinical effectiveness of two alternative strategies for improving research utilisation in speech and language therapy and which of the two strategies is the most cost effective?
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
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular diseases: Cerebrovascular disease
Intervention
Not provided at time of registration
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/2000
Overall trial end date
01/11/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All speech and language therapy departments in the North West region that provide dysphagia services to stroke patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Added December 2008: 1470
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/11/2000
Recruitment end date
01/11/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive North West (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
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
2005 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15929507
Publication citations
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Results
Pennington L, Roddam H, Burton C, Russell I, Godfrey C, Russell D, Promoting research use in speech and language therapy: a cluster randomized controlled trial to compare the clinical effectiveness and costs of two training strategies., Clin Rehabil, 2005, 19, 4, 387-397.