RecruitingNot Applicable

Decentralized Imaging by REmote Computer Tomography for Cerebral Infarct Thrombolysis

Norway52 participantsStarted 2025-07-17

Plain-language summary

The DIRECT-CT trial is designed to test the hypothesis that remote controlled CT scanning combined with real time audio-and video conference (AVC) guided assessment from an experienced hospital stroke team (tele-stroke) at decentralized medical centers (DMC) reduces time to intravenous thrombolytic treatment compared to the standard pathway.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients in the catchments areas of the intervention and control group presenting with a clinical suspected diagnosis of stroke within symptom onset within the last 24 hours Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients presenting with a clinical suspected diagnosis of stroke more than 24 hours after symptom onset

What they're measuring

Time from EMC notification to initiation IVT treatment

Timeframe: Day 0

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07530588

SponsorUniversity Hospital of North Norway

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2028-12-31

Contact for this trial

Agnethe Eltoft, MD, PhD

+4797193417 agnethe.eltoft@unn.no

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