New coordinated care approach aims to boost stroke recovery
NCT ID NCT04000971
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new way of caring for stroke patients that brings together doctors, nurses, and family members using technology and teamwork. About 1,200 adults who had a stroke took part. The goal was to see if this coordinated care helps people recover better and have a higher quality of life after leaving the hospital.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,196 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18+. * Clinical diagnosis of acute stroke with brain imaging compatible with intracerebral hemorrhage or ischemic stroke (including normal brain scan); see International Classification of Disease 10 (ICD 10) codes. * English or Spanish speaking subjects. * Patient admitted within 7 days of their index stroke event. * Patient is discharged alive and not to hospice care. * Patient living at discharge within the geography of recruitment for that C3FIT site. * Pre-morbid Modified Rankin Score (mRS) score of 0-1. * Patient and/or surrogate give consent to participate after an informed consent process. * Patients who go to rehabilitation inpatient therapy or other care facilities are eligible, as long as they reside in the geographic are of recruitment and do not go to hospice care. Exclusion Criteria: * Clinical transient ischemic attack (TIA)38-41 is excluded even if there is a computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) lesion corresponding to the clinical syndrome at presentation. * Already enrolled or planned enrollment in another clinical trial for which participation in C3FIT would be compromised with regard to follow-up assessment of outcomes or continuation in C3FIT. * Patients with a planned admission to hospice care prior to consent. * Patients not anticipated to survive for 1-year due to neurological or other medical status (i.e., advanced cancer, hospice care, heart disease, etc.). * Patients who in the opinion of the site investigator cannot be involved in follow up care. * Inability or unwillingness of subject or legal guardian/representative to understand and cooperate with study procedures or provide informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States
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Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee, 38120, United States
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Covenant Health Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916, United States
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Doctors Hospital Renaissance
Edinburg, Texas, 78539, United States
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Emory University/Grady Health
Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, 06102, United States
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Intermountain
Las Vegas, Nevada, 89128, United States
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Johnson City Medical Center at Ballad Health
Johnson City, Tennessee, 37604, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Mayo Clinic Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona, 85054, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ohio Health Riverside Methodist Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43214, United States
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Penn State
State College, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States
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University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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University of Wisconsin Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 37322, United States
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