Journal article

The virtual international stroke trials archive

M Ali, PMW Bath, J Curram, SM Davis, HC Diener, GA Donnan, M Fisher, BA Gregson, J Grotta, W Hacke, MG Hennerici, M Hommel, M Kaste, JR Marler, RL Sacco, P Teal, NG Wahlgren, S Warach, CJ Weir, KR Lees

Stroke | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2007

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE - Stroke has global importance and it causes an increasing amount of human suffering and economic burden, but its management is far from optimal. The unsuccessful outcome of several research programs highlights the need for reliable data on which to plan future clinical trials. The Virtual International Stroke Trials Archive aims to aid the planning of clinical trials by collating and providing access to a rich resource of patient data to perform exploratory analyses. METHODS - Data were contributed by the principal investigators of numerous trials from the past 16 years. These data have been centrally collated and are available for anonymized analysis and hypothesis t..

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