Telestroke for Comprehensive Stroke Care in Acute Stroke Ready Hospitals

Completed

Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

TELEstroke for Comprehensive Stroke Care in Acute Stroke Ready HospiTals (TELECAST) is a prospective single-center study evaluating guideline-based acute ischemic stroke care at an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital (ASRH) pre- and post-initiation of a specialist telestroke inpatient rounding service. TELECAST will study the following clinical endpoints: diagnostic stroke evaluation, secondary stroke prevention, health screening and evaluation, stroke education, inpatient complications, and stroke recurrence rates. Additional relevant non-clinical data will include patient and provider satisfaction scores, transfer patterns, and a cost analysis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03672890

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

551

Starts

2018-10-02

Expected to finish

2020-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-02-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 and above
• Patients with the primary diagnosis of ischemic stroke admitted to Fairview Ridges Hospital
• Evidence of stroke on MRI or CT or clinical diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke by the treating stroke service

You may not qualify if…

• Patients less than 18 years old
• Patients who leave the hospital against medical advice
• Patients with goals of care that impact the stroke evaluation (i.e. comfort measures)
• Patients who are felt to have an alternative diagnosis
• Patients who are transferred for higher-level stroke care such as endovascular thrombectomy or decompressive craniectomy

Where it is running

• Fairview Ridges Hospital — Burnsville, Minnesota, United States
• Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital — Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States
• Fairview Range Medical Center — Hibbing, Minnesota, United States
• Fairview Northland Medical Center — Princeton, Minnesota, United States
• Fairview Lakes Medical Center — Wyoming, Minnesota, United States

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