Clinical trials: Secondary Stroke Prevention
Stroke, Secondary Prevention
Dabigatran Etexilate for Secondary Stroke Prevention in Patients With Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (RE-SPECT ESUS)
This trial will enroll approximately 6,000 patients with recent embolic stroke of unknown source (ESUS). Patients will be randomized to dabigatran or acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA) (1:1 ratio) and have visits every three months.
- Trial name
- NCT02239120
- Testing
- optional ASA as comedication, ASA 100 mg
- Where
- 569 sites in United States, Argentina and 40 more
- Volunteers
- 5,390 people
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Secondary Prevention, Stroke
Epidemiological Study on the Safety of Aspirin in The Health Improvement Network (THIN)
To investigate the risk of major bleeding (including gastrointestinal and intracranial bleeding episodes) among new users of low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in clinical practice
- Conditions
- Secondary Prevention, Stroke, Ischemic Heart Disease, Coronary Heart Disease
- Trial name
- EPISAT (NCT02550717)
- Testing
- Acetylsalicylic Acid (Aspirin, BAYE4465), Clopidogrel, Oral Anticoagulants, NSAIDs and SSRIs
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 398,158 people
- Sponsor
- Bayer