Status:
COMPLETED
ExStroke Pilot Trial: Physical Exercise After Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Bispebjerg Hospital
Conditions:
Stroke
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Summary This study will look at physical exercise after acute ischaemic stroke. It is called the ExStroke Pilot Trial. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of first-time stroke. It rema...
Detailed Description
Physical exercise after acute ischaemic stroke. The ExStroke Pilot Trial. A randomised clinical trial. Investigation group Principal investigator: Gudrun Boysen, Professor, DMSc Department of Neu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects aged 40 years or older.
- Patients with a clinical diagnosis of stroke; symptoms lasting 24 hours or more.
- Computed tomography (CT)-scan of the brain must either show a new infarct or be normal. Patients only with infarcts without clinical symptoms cannot be included.
- Inclusion shall take place before day 90 after stroke onset.
- Informed consent after verbal and written information.
- The patient must be able to walk either unaided or with a cane or a walker.
Exclusion
- Patients who are unable to understand the information, or who cannot cooperate, are excluded.
- Patients confined to a wheelchair or bed.
- CT-scanning showing intracranial haemorrhage or focal pathology other than infarction, cerebral atrophy, or leucoaraiosis.
- Modified Rankin score of 4 or 5 before the actual stroke.
- Serious medical disease such as AIDS, metastatic cancer, or abnormalities that the investigator feels may compromise the patient's successful participation in the trial.
- Earlier randomisation in this trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
314 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00132483
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
October 1 2007
Last Update
October 22 2007
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Bispebjerg Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2400