Study reveals why stroke patients skip lifesaving pills
NCT ID NCT03153020
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study followed 633 stroke or TIA survivors in France to understand why some stop taking their secondary prevention medications. Researchers looked at factors like age, beliefs about medicine, and healthcare access. The goal is to improve long-term adherence and prevent future strokes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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633 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2017
- Finished
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Dec 2019
- 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 transient ischemic attack of the Rhone area
- 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: * Consecutive patients treated for a stroke suspicion at the acute phase, * with symptom onset (the last time the patient was seen without deficit ) less than 24 hours, * Managed by the Rhône's emergency medical help service (SAMU), in one of the emergency unit or stroke unit of the Rhône area * Having given their written consent for the extraction of their healthcare consumption data from the Health Insurance databases Exclusion Criteria: * Hemorrhagic stroke, * Patient institutionalized in the year following the stroke / transient ischemic attack, * Patient unable to take treatment alone.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pôle Information Médicale Evaluation Recherche
Lyon, 69423, France
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