Stroke Therapy, Education, Prevention: Telemedicine Outpatient Initiative Trial (STEP TO IT)

October 15, 2019 updated by: Oregon Health and Science University
This study aims to determine whether patients who have had a stroke caused by a blockage of blood flow to the brain can have medical follow up after they leave the hospital in their home using a camera connected to a computer, also called telemedicine. Patients who have follow-up with telemedicine will be compared with patients following up in the usual way, by coming to clinic, and will have the same expectations for medical care and lifestyle changes like quitting smoking, exercising, and controlling their cholesterol. The study will try to show those stroke patients who live 75 miles or more from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and use a computer for follow up: 1) Will be able to complete the recommended visits using telemedicine in the home as well as those who come to clinic; 2) Will have blood pressures controlled at one year's time as well as those who follow up in the usual way by coming into clinic; 3) The patients followed with telemedicine will be as satisfied with the type of follow up they had as those followed in the usual way in the clinic. In the future, more patients who live at a distance from a major hospital might be able to get quality stroke care follow up using telemedicine if the study finds that telemedicine does meet these goals.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

64

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
        • Oregon Health and Science University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

21 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age 21 and over.
  2. Diagnosis of ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
  3. mRS≤3 or discharged home or inpatient rehabilitation with the intention to return home with reliable caregiver, regardless of mRS score.
  4. Patient is willing and able to comply with all follow up visits for the protocol.
  5. Patient available by phone.
  6. Patient or caregiver must be able to operate an automated blood pressure cuff.
  7. Patients living beyond a 75 mile radius must have private access to a computer to facilitate in-home telemedicine follow up visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of uncontrolled severe hypertension or refractory to medical management.
  2. Severe liver impairment (AST or ALT > 3x normal).

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Telemedicine
Telemedicine group
Other: Telemedicine
Post stroke follow up in home using telemedicine.
Active Comparator: Clinic
Clinic group
Other: Clinic
Post stroke clinic group follow up

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Outpatient stroke follow-up after discharge using telemedicine in the home is feasible as assessed by visit and intervention adherence for patients living outside a 75 mile radius from OHSU.
Time Frame: up to 1 year
up to 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Patients being followed in the telemedicine group will achieve rates of goal blood pressure similar to those being followed in clinic.
Time Frame: 30 days, 1 year
30 days, 1 year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Patients being followed in the telemedicine group will have similar rates of satisfaction with the follow up regimen compared to those in the traditional clinic follow up group.
Time Frame: 1 year
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Oregon Health and Science University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Darren Larsen, RN, Oregon Health and Science University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 10, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

June 11, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 17, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 15, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 9011

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