Prevention Of Decline in Cognition After Stroke Trial
Initiatives
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To assessed the effect of intensive blood pressure (BP) and/or lipid lowering on cognitive outcomes in patients with recent stroke in a pilot trial.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 2010
- End Year
- 2014
- Funding
- This work was funded by 1. Alzheimer's Society, Grant TSA 2008/09, https://www.alzheimers.org.uk; and 2. Stroke Association, Grant TSA 2008/09, https://www.stroke.org.uk; Joint: PMB CB AB JM PP SP JR RS JMW GAF. This work was sponsored by University of Nottingham
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Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
- Follow Up
- The median follow-up was 24 months (range 1–48)
Marker Paper
Bath, P. M., Scutt, P., Blackburn, D. J., Ankolekar, S., Krishnan, K., Ballard, C., ... & PODCAST Trial Investigators. (2017). Intensive versus guideline blood pressure and lipid lowering in patients with previous stroke: main results from the pilot ‘Prevention of Decline in Cognition after Stroke Trial’(PODCAST) randomised controlled trial. PloS one, 12(1), e0164608.
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 83
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Over 60 years of age
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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