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StrokeORDER-PNCT06576089

Optimizing Recruitment to Drive Equitable Research Opportunity in Stroke Rehabilitation Trials in Canada

A study testing Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER) and Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD) in people with Stroke, run by McMaster University at 5 sites in Canada.

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Trial summary

Stroke is a major health issue in Canada. Stroke affects over 400,000 Canadians, and this number is expected to nearly double by 2038. Research studies in stroke recovery can help us better understand effective rehabilitation treatments and help reduce the burden of stroke. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Stroke
What is being tested?
Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER) and Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD)
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
120 participants
Where
5 sitesCanada
Study dates
16 Jun 2025to 30 Jun 2027
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Primary ischemic anterior circulation stroke
  • Age ≥18 years
  • ≥5 days but <8 weeks after stroke on the date of medication (Maraviroc or placebo) start
  • Hemiparesis requiring inpatient rehabilitation
  • Assistance available for daily rehabilitation training practice and for transportation when needed
  • Adequate language skills to understand Informed Consent and retain information during daily therapies
  • At least one of the following: some shoulder abduction with gravity eliminated and visible extension in two or more digits OR visible hip flexion or extension

Who cannot join

  • Pre-stroke modified Rankin score ≥2
  • Limited resources or illness that will not enable a return to living outside of a facility
  • History of dementia
  • History of hepatitis or elevated hepatic transaminases or bilirubin
  • History of renal insufficiency or creatinine clearance (eGFR) <60mL / min / 1.73m2
  • Cancer or other chronic illness that makes 1-year survival unlikely or will detract from the ability to carry out exercise and skills practice
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  • Existing pre-stroke serious disabling disease (e.g., Parkinson's disease, severe traumatic brain injury, amputation)
  • Seizure related to stroke
  • Acute or chronic epilepsy
  • Currently taking any of the following anticonvulsant medications: Carbamazepine, Phenobarbital, Phenytoin
  • Pregnant, breastfeeding, or positive test for pregnancy at baseline
  • Women of childbearing potential who are not using one highly effective form of contraception or two forms of effective contraception
  • Known HIV positivity
  • Currently taking any of the following antifungal and/or antibacterial medications: Ketoconazole, Itraconazole, Voriconazole, Rifampin, Clarithromycin, Rifabutin + Protease Inhibitor
  • Currently taking St. John's Wort

Trial locations and contacts

5 sites in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Ada Tang, PT PhD contact

289-426-5768

atang@mcmaster.ca

5 sites in 1 country

Canada5 sites, 5 recruiting
  • University of Calgary & Foothills Medical Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9

    Alex McKinnon, 403-944-4050, alexandra.mckinnon@ucalgary.ca

    Sean Dukelow, MD PhD

    Recruiting
  • Dalhousie University

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5

    Melanie Dunlop, 902-473-1401, Melanie.Dunlop@nshealth.ca

    Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, PhD

    Recruiting
  • Parkwood Institute

    London, Ontario, N6C 0A7

    Shiela Geniblazo, Shiela.Geniblazo@sjhc.london.on.ca

    Robert Teasell, MD

    Recruiting
  • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2A2

    Olga Yaroslavtseva, 416-597-3422, olga.yaroslavtseva@uhn.ca

    Mark Bayley, MD

    Not yet recruiting
  • University of British Columbia & GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 2G9

    Courtney Pollock, 604-827-1631, courtney.pollock@ubc.ca

    Janice Eng, PhD

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Optimizing Recruitment to Drive Equitable Research Opportunity in Stroke Rehabilitation in Canada - The ORDER Pilot Study

Stroke is a major health issue in Canada. Stroke affects over 400,000 Canadians, and this number is expected to nearly double by 2038. Research studies in stroke recovery can help us better understand effective rehabilitation treatments and help reduce the burden of stroke. Some groups of people however are commonly not included in stroke studies. For example, it is more common for men to take part in research than women, and people with aphasia (a language impairment commonly seen after stroke) are often excluded from studies. Also, deciding whether to even take part in a research study can be difficult and overwhelming, especially in the early days after stroke, leaving many people to decline to participate. Research has shown that women experience different barriers to participating in stroke research than men. This means that research findings, and the decisions made during stroke care based on these findings, may not reflect the true stroke population. Better ways to help support groups like women and people with aphasia to participate in stroke research are needed, so that study findings will better represent people living with stroke.

Read the detailed description

Clinical trials in stroke recovery are essential for establishing effective treatments, yet important groups, such as women and people with aphasia, have been consistently under-represented in stroke trials. This limits the generalizability of trial findings and impacts clinical care. Relevant to stroke is the critical time window for neuroplastic change that makes timely enrolment into stroke recovery trials of particular importance. There is a need to develop strategies to efficiently and effectively promote participation into stroke recovery trials.

The Optimizing Recruitment to Drive Equitable Research opportunity in stroke rehabilitation trials in Canada (ORDER) is a pilot "study within a trial" to look at a women-centred, aphasia-friendly recruitment method for a research trial examining whether a medication (Maraviroc), when combined with rehabilitation, can help with stroke recovery ("host trial").

The objectives of this pilot study are to:

  1. Examine the feasibility of a women-centred, aphasia-friendly video and leaflet (ORDER) to supplement traditional detailed participant information letters, support recruitment, and drive enrollment in a stroke recovery randomized trial;
  2. Understand the barriers and facilitators associated with enrolling in the host trial and stroke recovery trials more broadly;
  3. Determine preliminary estimates of effect of ORDER compared to traditional recruitment and enrollment processes

The study will take place at the 10 sites across 6 provinces. The host trial is comparing Maraviroc vs. placebo, combined with 8 weeks of rehabilitation, to improve motor and sensory function.

Potential participants will be identified and approached 5 days to 8 weeks after stroke and randomized to: 1) Supplementing traditional recruitment methods (detailed participant information letter and consent form) with women-centred, aphasia-friendly recruitment video and leaflet (ORDER), or 2) Traditional participant information letter and consent form only (TRAD). For the ORDER arm, the video and leaflet will be saved to a tablet and reviewed together with the Coordinator and potential participant. The Coordinator will engage in discussion about the host trial (prompting questions will be provided), and will offer to leave the tablet with the person, along with printed copies of the leaflet and participant information letter. They will be encouraged to share these materials with their family members or friends who may assist with decision making. For TRAD, the Coordinator will review the information letter and consent form, offer to leave these with the person to view again, and encourage them to share these materials with their family members or friends who may assist with decision making. For both arms, the Coordinator will return in the following days to address any further questions and determine the decision whether to enroll in the trial.

Objective 1 Feasibility will be determined as enrollment (# consented/approached, # women consented/total # consented) and efficiency (# days to decision, # interactions between Site Coordinator and potential participants), with a priori criteria for success for each indicator.

For Objective 2 (Barriers and facilitators), individuals will be invited to complete a survey or participate in key-informant, semi-structured interviews (15 enrolled, 15 declined, 10 Site Coordinators) to share their perceptions of the enrollment and consent process, reason(s) for declining to participate, and recruitment reach (# and characteristics of individuals enrolled through ORDER and TRAD). Purposive sampling will be used to obtain diversity across sex (males, females), gender (men, women, transgender, non-binary), and racial background and will train peer researchers with lived experience to conduct the interviews. The interview guide will be co-developed with our patient partners and the research team. Deductive content analysis of interview transcripts will be conducted and mapped to the Theoretical Domains Framework.

For Objective 3 (Preliminary estimates of effect), enrollment and efficiency will be compared between ORDER and TRAD, and Cohen's d and f will be calculated for unadjusted and adjusted analyses to help inform future large-scaled trials.

Conditions
Stroke
Being tested
Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER), Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD)
Keywords
Stroke rehabilitation, Clinical trial, Informed consent, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Sex
Medical subject headings
Stroke, Coitus

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER)Other

    Participants randomized into ORDER will be approached by the Site Coordinator for interest in the host trial. The Coordinator will introduce the trial and share a brief, women-centred, aphasia-friendly, close-captioned video that further describes the trial procedures and an accompanying leaflet.

    ORDER recruitment materials will be saved to a mobile tablet. The Coordinator will watch the video together with the potential participant, engage in discussion about the host trial and answer any questions they may have. The Coordinator will offer to leave the tablet with the potential participant, along with printed copies of the leaflet and participant information letter. The Coordinator will encourage them to share these materials with their family members, friends or member of their healthcare team who may assist with decision making. The Coordinator will return in the following days to address any further questions and determine the decision whether to enroll in the trial.

  • Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD)Other

    Participants randomized into the traditional recruitment process (TRAD) will be approached by the Site Coordinator for interest in the CAMAROS trial and presented with the standard participant information letter and full informed consent form. The information letter and consent form will be left with the potential participant to view again; the Coordinator will encourage them to share these materials with their family members or friends who may assist with decision making. The Coordinator will return in the following days to address any further questions and determine the decision whether to enroll in the trial.

Study groups in NCT06576089
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD)OtherTraditional participant information letter and consent form only (TRAD)
Receives: Other: Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD)
Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER)ExperimentalSupplementing traditional recruitment methods (detailed participant information letter and consent form) with women-centred, aphasia-friendly recruitment video and leaflet (ORDER)
Receives: Other: Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER)

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Feasibility

    Each site will record # patients approached, # consented (by men and women), date of initial contact by the Site Coordinator, date of decision (consent or decline), and # interactions between the Site Coordinator and potential participants for ORDER and TRAD.

    Measured: From date identified as eligible for the host trial to date of decision (consent or decline)

  2. Barriers and facilitators

    Short survey and semi-structured interviews to examine the perceptions of the enrollment and consent process of individuals approached to participate in CAMAROS and Site Coordinators. Reason(s) for declining to participate and recruitment reach (# and characteristics of individuals approached for CAMAROS) will also be recorded.

    Measured: From date of decision (consent or decline) for host trial to date of survey or interview

  3. Preliminary estimates of effect

    Each site will record # patients approached, # consented (by men and women), date of initial contact by the Site Coordinator, date of decision (consent or decline), and # interactions between the Site Coordinator and potential participants for ORDER and TRAD.

    Measured: From date identified as eligible for the host trial to date of decision (consent or decline)

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Aug 2024
  2. Study start16 Jun 2025
  3. Primary completion30 Jun 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completion30 Jun 2027 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Participant
Enrolment
120 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06576089
Sponsor's protocol ID
ORDER-Pilot
Acronym
ORDER-P
Status last verified
Sep 2025
First submitted
21 Aug 2024
Last updated
26 Sep 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Supported, women-centred and aphasia-friendly recruitment and enrollment process (ORDER) and Traditional recruitment and enrollment processes (TRAD) in people with Stroke, run by McMaster University at 5 sites in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 15 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Sep 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 5 sites in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Ada Tang, PT PhD (289-426-5768, atang@mcmaster.ca), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Feasibility (time frame: From date identified as eligible for the host trial to date of decision (consent or decline)). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Sep 2025.

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