Status:
COMPLETED
Sleep Disorders Managed and Assessed Rapidly in Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) and In Early Stroke
Lead Sponsor:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Conditions:
Stroke
Ischemic Attack, Transient
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
The aim of the investigators was to determine whether the immediate management of any detected sleep disorders can improve outcomes in patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor ...
Detailed Description
Every year, thousands of people in Canada either die or are permanently disabled after suffering a stroke. This costs our society billions of dollars in physician services, hospital expenses, and decr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients presenting within 14 days of symptoms with either
- High risk TIA
- Minor stroke.
- High risk TIA will be defined as:
- Transient, acute motor or speech disturbance lasting at least 5 minutes, or
- Any TIA associated with \>50% ipsilateral carotid stenosis (presumed to be symptomatic) or atrial fibrillation not currently anticoagulated
- Mild stroke will be defined as focal neurological deficits with MRI changes and a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≤ 5
Exclusion
- Past history of impulse control disorder, gambling, or active psychiatric disease
- Patients with cognitive impairment restricting ability to perform activities of daily function and ability to comply with medical therapy (e.g. CPAP or medication use)
- Patients with limb weakness not allowing them to utilize a CPAP device
- Life expectancy less than 6 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2011
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
97 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01528462
Start Date
October 1 2011
End Date
September 1 2013
Last Update
August 22 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5