New toolkit aims to fix gender gap in stroke studies
NCT ID NCT07576647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new way to recruit women into stroke research using easy-to-understand materials like brochures and videos. Researchers will compare this approach to usual recruitment methods with 1,600 participants. The goal is to make stroke studies more inclusive so treatments work well for everyone.
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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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About 1,600 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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.
Participants eligible for StrokeGoRed hospitalized cohort are eligible for ORDERed: Inclusion Criteria: * All patients, regardless of age or baseline disability, seen in urgent TIA/stroke clinics and referred from the emergency department for suspected TIA or minor stroke will be included over one calendar year Exclusion Criteria: * There are no exclusion criteria Participants eligible for StrokeGoRed hospitalized cohort are eligible for ORDERed: Inclusion Criteria: * Ischemic stroke * Intracerebral hemorrhage Exclusion Criteria: * Cerebral venous thrombosis * Subarachnoid hemorrhage * Subdural hemorrhage * Intracranial hemorrhage due to trauma or underlying mass * Clinical transient ischemic attack without evidence of infarct on neuroimaging * Imaging abnormality (e.g., dissection, carotid stenosis, vessel irregularity) without imaging or clinical evidence of stroke * Stroke that occurred while being admitted for another reason * Stroke that started more than 14 days prior to admission * Stroke initially treated outside of Canada * Stroke where inpatient stroke or neurology service was not consulted
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5, Canada
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Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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