Cooling Plus Best Medical Treatment Versus Best Medical Treatment Alone for Acute Ischaemic Stroke

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if systemic cooling to a target temperature of 34 to 35°C, started within 6 hours of symptom onset and maintained for 12 hours, improves functional outcome at 3 months in patients with acute ischaemic stroke.

Timeline

Start

2013-07

Primary completion

2018-07-31

Completion

2018-07-31

Publications

• Winkel P, Bath PM, Gluud C, Lindschou J, van der Worp HB, Macleod MR, Szabo I, Durand-Zaleski I, Schwab S; EuroHYP-1 trial investigators. Statistical analysis plan for the EuroHYP-1 trial: European multicentre, randomised, phase III clinical trial of the therapeutic hypothermia plus best medical treatment versus best medical treatment alone for acute ischaemic stroke. Trials. 2017 Nov 29;18(1):573. doi: 10.1186/s13063-017-2302-z.
• van der Worp HB, Macleod MR, Bath PM, Demotes J, Durand-Zaleski I, Gebhardt B, Gluud C, Kollmar R, Krieger DW, Lees KR, Molina C, Montaner J, Roine RO, Petersson J, Staykov D, Szabo I, Wardlaw JM, Schwab S; EuroHYP-1 investigators. EuroHYP-1: European multicenter, randomized, phase III clinical trial of therapeutic hypothermia plus best medical treatment vs. best medical treatment alone for acute ischemic stroke. Int J Stroke. 2014 Jul;9(5):642-5. doi: 10.1111/ijs.12294. Epub 2014 May 15.

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