Post-stroke Fatigue Clinical Trial
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POst Stroke Intervention Trial in Fatigue: A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention for Post-stroke Fatigue
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a brief cognitive behavioural intervention for post-stroke fatigue leads to clinically relevant improvements in fatigue after 6 months.
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 300 |
Est. completion date | December 31, 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | December 31, 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Age = 18 years - Stroke 3 months to 2 years previously. Both ischaemic and haemorrhagic, including subarachnoid haemorrhage - Capacity to consent - Not living in nursing home. - Medically stable, - Answers 'Yes' to both the following questions about fatigue - 'Do you feel tired all the time or get tired very quickly since your stroke'? - Would you like additional help and support for this? Exclusion Criteria: - Unlikely to be available for follow-up for the next 6 months e.g. no fixed home address - Other life-threatening illness (e.g. advanced cancer or advanced heart failure) that will make survival for 6 months unlikely - Aphasia or cognitive impairment which is severe enough to prevent participation in the intervention. To assess this, patients will self-report their language and cognition from the relevant domains in the Short Stroke Impact Scale ('In the past week, how difficult was it for you to think quickly?' and 'In the past week, how difficult was it to understand what was being said to you in a conversation?') Those who respond 'very difficult' or 'could not do at all' to either question will be excluded. (24). Those who might be in these categories are likely to be unable to complete the form(s) and thus self-select to decline to return the paperwork. - Actively suicidal, requiring in-patient treatment for depression, depression related cognitive impairment. (see below) - High anxiety as part of a post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome or panic disorder (see below) - Previously enrolled in this trial - Enrolled in another talking therapy trial - Inability to understand spoken and/or written English |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, The George Institute for Global Health, Australia, University College London Hospitals, University of Leeds |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS) | The FAS is a 10-item self-report scale with 10 statements about different aspects of fatigue, each rated from 1 to 5 (1, never; 2, sometimes; 3, regularly; 4, often; and 5, always). It is valid and reliable in stroke. A higher score indicates more fatigue. A difference of four points is considered to be clinically relevant. | 6 months after randomisation | |
Secondary | PHQ-9 | Questionnaire | 4 months and 6 months after randomisation | |
Secondary | GAD-7 | Questionnaire | 4 months and 6 months after randomisation | |
Secondary | Modified Short Form of the Stroke Impact Scale | Questionnaire | 6 months after randomisation | |
Secondary | EuroQuol (EQ-5D-5L) | Questionnaire | Baseline, 4 months and 6 months after randomisation | |
Secondary | Health costs | For this health economic analysis, we will collect data on costs (visits to the GP, number of admissions to hospital, days in a care home, number of visits from social carers, cost of the therapist delivery time, cost of the supervision time from psychology/psychiatry). | Between randomisation and 6 months | |
Secondary | List of patient's medication | We will ask the patient to list their medication. We will note any new prescriptions of anxiolytics or antidepressants | Between randomisation and 6 months |
Status | Clinical Trial | Phase | |
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Completed |
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