Can extra Check-Ups after stroke or heart attack save lives and money?
NCT ID NCT04188457
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether intensive, coordinated follow-up by nurses, doctors, and pharmacists over two years helps people recover better after a stroke or heart attack compared to standard care. Researchers enrolled 859 participants and measured quality of life and healthcare costs. The goal was to see if more frequent check-ups reduce hospital readmissions and improve control of risk factors like high blood pressure and cholesterol.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- intensive outpatient monitoring (nurse, doctor, pharmacist visits)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could reduce hospital readmissions and improve risk factor control after stroke or heart attack, potentially lowering healthcare costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, but results are not yet widely published. The intensive monitoring may not prove cost-effective or significantly better than usual care in real-world settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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859 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Finished
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Oct 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
patients with stroke or myocardial infarction
- 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: * Patient or legal representative who has given oral consent * Patient over 18 years of age * Patient with: * either a primary MI or a recurrent MI, not previously included, defined according to the criteria of the European Society of Cardiology and ICD-10 * either a primary stroke, a recurrent stroke not previously included, hemorrhagic, ischemic or Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), defined according to WHO criteria, the TOAST score and the ICD-10, with a Rankin score \< 5. * Patient followed up in one of the 6 public health establishments of the GHT 21-52 (regional group of hospitals) or at the Valmy clinic in Dijon also participating in the project * Patient with estimated survival beyond 12 months Exclusion Criteria: * A patient who is not affiliated to the national health insurance system; * A patient subject to legal protection (curatorship, guardianship) * To be a patient subject to a measure of judicial safeguard; * Pregnant, parturient or breastfeeding woman; * Admitted for a condition other than stroke, TIA and MI; * Experiencing heart failure before the MI; * Be managed in EHPAD before and/or after stroke or IDM.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chu Dijon Bourgogne
Dijon, 21000, France
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