Telemedicine for Optimized Collection of CLinical datA in Patients With Suspicion of Acute Stroke — TeleCLASS  

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Telemedicine for Optimized Collection of CLinical datA in Patients With Suspicion of Acute Stroke

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Observational prospective single-center study on the discriminatory value of the Unassisted TeleStroke Scale for differentiation between patients with lacunar stroke and those with other acute stroke syndromes.

Clinical Trial Description

Assessment of stroke severity and differentiation between large-artery and small-artery stroke is pivotal for adequate treatment decision taking. Patients with small vessel stroke tend have a better prognosis than those with large artery disease. Further, patients with small artery infarction (lacunar stroke) have shown to respond well to treatment with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA), but are poor candidates for endovascular recanalization. Conversely, IV rt-PA may be less effective at restoring perfusion of large artery occlusion, a stroke subtype that may benefit from intra-arterial thrombolysis or embolectomy. Similarly, patients with large intracerebral hemorrhage or cerebellar hemorrhage may require neurosurgical interventions, such as intracranial pressure monitoring, ventricular drainage, surgical evacuation, or hemicraniectomy.

The purpose of TeleCLASS is to evaluate the discriminatory value of the Unassisted TeleStroke Scale (UTSS) obtained through in-hospital telemedicine for differentiation between patients with lacunar stroke and those with other acute stroke syndromes (nonLACS). ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT02310282
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2014
• Completion date: January 2017