Status:

COMPLETED

Zanzibar Stroke Study: Narrowing the Gaps in Hypertension Care, and Improving Stroke Outcomes (ZanStroke)

Lead Sponsor:

Jutta Mari Adelin Jorgensen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Newcastle University, UK

Vervig (IoM)

Conditions:

Stroke

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Background: A previous study in Zanzibar (which Jutta Adelin Jorgensen, PI of ZanStroke, led) showed a high prevalence of hypertension among adults at 33%, in fact higher than average in Sub-Saharan ...

Detailed Description

Current and future benefits and impacts: With the demographic transition and population ageing in SSA rates of stroke are set to continue to increase rapidly as part of the double burden of disease (...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • admitted with a clinical diagnosis of stroke, or developing stroke while in hospital admitted for other cause (see below for stroke case definition)
  • age above 18 year
  • written consent form signed by patient, or authorized representative (spouse or caretaker)
  • stroke onset \< 30 days when enrolled

Exclusion

  • patient or authorized representative unable to understand the information given or being interviewed.
  • CT scan not suspect of stroke despite clinical suspect
  • Stroke case definition:
  • All the following stroke categories listed below that have been submitted as the most responsible diagnosis will be included in the stroke cohort. For patients developing stroke while admitted to hospital, stroke as the second diagnosis will also be included in the cohort. Patients who previously had a stroke and are being admitted due to complications, and where stroke is not the primary diagnosis during admission, will not be included in the cohort.
  • Definition of stroke ( ICD-10 classification code in parenthesis) that will be used in the study for inclusion in the cohort:
  • (a) Intracerebral hemorrhage (I61 including all sub-codes) (b) Ischemic stroke (I63 including all sub-codes, H34.1) (c) Stroke, not specified as hemorrhagic or ischemic (I64) (d) Cerebral Venous Thrombosis, non-pyogenic (I63.6) Where CTscan is not available, the clinical diagnosis of stroke will be used, and coding will be I64 (ICD-10)
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 5 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

869 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04095806

Start Date

October 1 2019

End Date

May 5 2022

Last Update

May 6 2022

Active Locations (8)

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1

Kivunge District Hospital

Kinyasini, Zanzibar, Tanzania

2

Mnazi Mmoja Hospital

Zanzibar, Tanzania, 236

3

Al Rahma Hospital

Zanzibar, Tanzania

4

Bububu Military Hospital

Zanzibar, Tanzania