Improving the prevention of vascular events after stroke or transient ischemic attack

IMproving the PRevention Of Vascular Events after stroke or transient ischemic attack: a randomised controlled pilot trial of nurse independent prescriber-led care pathway-based risk factor management

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN63816609

Enrollment

Registered

2012-05-17

Start date

2011-01-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-26

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Conditions

Stroke Circulatory System Transient cerebral ischaemic attacks

Interventions

Secondary Prevention algorithm, Nurse Independent Prescriber-led, care pathway-based secondary vascular risk factor management.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Clinical diagnosis of transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke within one month 2. Patient is living at home at time of recruitment 3. Ag e> 18 years 4. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 140 mmHg measured at time of diagnosis of stroke or TIA 5. Registered with ageneral practitioner (GP) in one of the two pilot clusters (Exete and East Devon) 6. Ability to attend for follow-up visits 7. Given iInformed consent 8. Male or female participants

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Severe dementia or aphasia 2. Significant co-morbidity likely to jeopardise ability to complete the trial e.g. malignancy, severe heart failure 3. Current participation in other trials

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ambulatory 12-hour daytime systolic blood pressure measured at 6 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
No secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026