OPUS-i for Improving Stroke Care in Rural Areas
This study, called OPUS-i, is looking at a new way to get stroke patients to the right hospital faster, especially in rural areas. It compares a new pre-hospital algorithm (a set of rules for emergency medical services or EMS) called OPUS-i to the usual way EMS decides where to take stroke patients. The goal is to improve how quickly patients get a treatment called endovascular therapy (EVT), which is important for certain types of severe strokes. You might be able to join if EMS thinks you're having a stroke or mini-stroke (TIA) and you are 18 years or older. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 360 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study will compare a new pre-hospital algorithm to a traditional one. It will involve 360 participants across multiple centers.
- What's involved
- Your individual participation in the study would last for 90 days.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- The primary endpoint, time from stroke onset to endovascular therapy, is assessed on day 0 of admission.
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Optimizing the Prehospital Use of Stroke Systems of Care-Reacting to Changing Paradigms-Implementation (OPUS-i)
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06530693
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
3401 N Broad street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Cooper University Health
Camden, New Jerseyno site contact published
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Derek Isenberg, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Time from stroke onset to endovascular therapyFrom time of stroke onset to endovascular therapy, assessed on day 0 of admission
This outcome will assess process measures for acute stroke patients