Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Addressing Sleep Apnea Post-Stroke/TIA

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Ischemic Stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Effectively identifying and treating risk factors for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) is important to patients, their family members, and healthcare systems. While obstructive slee...

Detailed Description

Approximately 11,000 Veterans present to a VAMC annually with an acute ischemic stroke or TIA. The cornerstone of secondary stroke/TIA prevention includes delivering timely, guideline-concordant vascu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • As recruitment was at the facility-level, an ASAP a VAMCS had to have \>50 stroke/TIA admissions per year and have at least 1.0 FTE staff dedicated to systems redesign
  • The sites were chosen because they are diverse in terms of geography and sleep infrastructure
  • Local site investigators and their care teams will identify patients eligible for the QI intervention, specifically patients with ischemic stroke/TIA without a prior diagnosis of OSA

Exclusion

  • VAMCs were excluded if they had \<=50 stroke/TIA admissions per year and did not have at least 1.0 FTE staff dedicated to systems redesign
  • Local site investigators and their care teams will prioritize the protection of patients from harm and use their clinical expertise in identifying patients who would not be candidates for PAP therapy
  • e.g., palliative care/hospice, inability to use PAP therapy \[e.g., orofacial injury\], or contraindication to PAP \[e.g., inability to clear secretions\]

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 2 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

6 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04322162

Start Date

April 2 2020

End Date

July 31 2024

Last Update

April 12 2024

Active Locations (2)

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1

VA Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven Campus, West Haven, CT

West Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06516-2770

2

Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202-2884