AISTCM-Outcome Measurement of Acute Ischemic Stroke With Traditional Chinese Medicine

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is able to improve the outcome of acute ischemic stroke and to observe its safety.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ischemic stroke diagnosis by CT/MRI scan

• Yin pattern of Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory

• 40-85 years old

• Total anterior circulation infarcts (TACI), partial anterior territory cerebral infarction (PACI), lacunar anterior circulation infarcts (LACI) type under Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) standard

• NIHSS >=4;

• Glasgow coma scale (GCS) >=7;

• Modified Rankin Scale less than 2 degrees before onset of this stroke

• Informed consent signed by patient or his/her family

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hemorrhagic stroke;

• Coma, GCS<=7;

• Cerebral hernia;

• Serious heart, liver, lung, kidney functional failure;

• Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding;

• Thrombolysis drugs or surgery was administrated to the patient;

• Not cooperative with physician;

• Psychological disorder;

• Already taken part in other clinical drug trial within the past 3 months