Stroke recovery boost: personalized 18-Month program aims to prevent decline
NCT ID NCT03859063
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a personalized, 18-month follow-up program with a stroke coordinator could help prevent long-term functional decline in 301 stroke survivors. Participants received monthly meetings to address physical, cognitive, social, and lifestyle needs. The goal was to see if this tailored support could maintain independence and reduce disability over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized follow-up program with a stroke coordinator
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help stroke survivors maintain independence and quality of life longer.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is completed but results are not yet widely confirmed. The program is intensive and may not be feasible in all settings.
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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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301 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2019
- Finished
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Dec 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: * Diagnosis of first ever or recurrent stroke (ischemic stroke or hemorrhage) * mRS \< 5 * Living in Trondheim, Skedsmo or Lørenskog municipality * Less than 10 points on Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) OR less than 26 points on Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) OR more than 27 points on the 7 item version of the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS-7) OR more than 7 points on the depression or anxiety items on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) OR reduced hand function (i.e. fails on Motor Assessment Scale - Advanced arm- and hand function, item 3) * Able to understand Norwegian * Able and willing to sign informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy \< 12 months * Other serious diseases, judged by the medical doctor to make it difficult to comply with the intervention (i.e. serious neurological diseases or drug abuse).
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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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Akershus University Hospital
Lørenskog, Norway
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St Olavs Hospital Stroke Unit
Trondheim, Norway
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Vestre Viken Bærum Hospital
Sandvika, Norway
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Ålesund Hospital
Ålesund, 6017, Norway
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