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PREvention of Complications to Improve OUtcome in elderly patients with acute Stroke

Objective

Every year, 1.3 million Europeans have a stroke and one million ultimately die of stroke. One third of stroke patients remain dependent on the help of others. The annual costs for stroke care in Europe are estimated at € 64.1 billion. Stroke incidence increases almost exponentially with age, and the personal, societal, and economic burden of stroke is therefore largely driven by its frequent occurrence in the elderly. The elderly have been strongly underrepresented in previous stroke trials and treatment guidelines have no recommendations specific to this important group. Elderly patients are at the highest risk of complications after stroke, such as infections, fever, and dysphagia. These complications are strongly and independently associated with a higher risk of death or dependency.
We will perform a pragmatic, randomised, open clinical trial with blinded outcome assessment in at least 2500 patients with acute stroke aged 66 years or older, to assess whether pharmacological prevention of infections and fever, and early management of dysphagia, will reduce the risk of death, poor functional outcome, and poor quality of life, and lead to reductions in the costs of stroke care throughout Europe. Patients will be randomised using a factorial design to preventive treatment for 4 days with ceftriaxone, paracetamol, and/or metoclopramide, or to ‘standard care’ alone. The primary outcome is functional outcome at 3 months, assessed with the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), and analysed with ordinal logistic regression. The study will have 80% power to detect a statistically significant shift towards a favourable outcome, assuming a 5% absolute increase in the proportion of patients with a good outcome (mRS 0 to 2) in the intervention group, compared with controls. This simple, safe, and generally available treatment strategy has the potential to lead to an annual reduction of over 25 000 elderly Europeans being dead or dependent as a result of stroke, at very low costs.

Call for proposal

H2020-PHC-2014-2015

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Sub call

H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage

Coordinator

UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM UTRECHT
Net EU contribution
€ 1 464 373,25
Address
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
Netherlands

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West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,50

Participants (19)

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
United Kingdom
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€ 114 597,50
Address
University Park
NG7 2RD Nottingham

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East Midlands (England) Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Nottingham
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF
Norway
Net EU contribution
€ 329 750,60
Address
Kirkeveien 166 Tarnbygget
0450 Oslo

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Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
AZIENDA SOCIO SANITARIA TERRITORIALE DI MANTOVA(ASST DI MANTOVA)
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 207 490,00
Address
Strada Lago Paiolo 10
46100 Mantova

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Nord-Ovest Lombardia Mantova
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Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00
DEBRECENI EGYETEM
Hungary
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€ 146 460,00
Address
Egyetem Ter 1
4032 Debrecen

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Alföld és Észak Észak-Alföld Hajdú-Bihar
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
ECRIN EUROPEAN CLINICAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK
France
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€ 528 095,00
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5 Rue Watt
75013 Paris

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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
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Research Organisations
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€ 0,00
ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM
Netherlands
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€ 0,00
Address
Dr Molewaterplein 40
3015 GD Rotterdam

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West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
INSTYTUT PSYCHIATRII I NEUROLOGII
Poland
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€ 208 100,00
Address
Ulica Sobieskiego 9
02 957 Warszawa

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Makroregion województwo mazowieckie Warszawski stołeczny Miasto Warszawa
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€ 0,00
SIHTASUTUS TARTU ULIKOOLI KLIINIKUM
Estonia
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€ 78 850,00
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Puusepa 1a
50406 Tartu

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Eesti Eesti Lõuna-Eesti
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Research Organisations
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€ 0,00
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
United Kingdom
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€ 285 726,25
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University Avenue
G12 8QQ Glasgow

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West Central Scotland Glasgow City
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
United Kingdom
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€ 395 134,76
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Old College, South Bridge
EH8 9YL Edinburgh

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Eastern Scotland Edinburgh
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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€ 0,00
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Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

LOTHIAN HEALTH BOARD
United Kingdom
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€ 30 543,60
Address
Waterloo Place 2-4 Waverley Gate
EH1 3EG Edinburgh

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Eastern Scotland Edinburgh
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€ 0,00
UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF
Germany
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€ 326 330,00
Address
Martinistrasse 52
20251 Hamburg

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Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis
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€ 0,00
ACADEMISCH MEDISCH CENTRUM BIJ DE UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
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€ 234 811,25
Address
Meibergdreef 15
1105AZ Amsterdam

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West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam
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€ 0,00
CTC NORTH GMBH & CO KG
Germany
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€ 384 400,00
Address
Martinistrasse 64
20251 Hamburg

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
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Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 0,00
PANEPISTIMIO THESSALIAS
Greece
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€ 145 000,00
Address
Argonafton Filellinon
38221 Volos

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Μαγνησία Θεσσαλία Κεντρική Ελλάδα
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€ 0,00
STROKE ALLIANCE FOR EUROPE
Belgium
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€ 45 025,00
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Rue Washington 40
1050 Brussels

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Other
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€ 0,00
GABO:MI GESELLSCHAFT FUR ABLAUFORGANISATION:MILLIARIUM MBH & CO KG

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Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 82 016,20
Address
Oskar Von Miller Ring 29
80333 Muenchen
SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt
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Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
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€ 0,00
ARTTIC
France
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€ 254 958,00
Address
39 Rue Des Mathurins
75008 Paris

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Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
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€ 0,00
ARTTIC INNOVATION GMBH
Germany
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€ 73 025,80
Address
Oskar-von-miller-ring 29
80333 Munchen

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Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt
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€ 0,00