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Protocol for a prospective collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised controlled trials of vasoactive drugs in acute stroke: the Blood pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration, stage-3

Sandset, Else Charlotte; Sanossian, Nerses; Woodhouse, Lisa J.; Anderson, Craig; Berge, Eivind; Lees, Kennedy R.; Potter, John F.; Robinson, Thompson G.; Sprigg, Nikola; Wardlow, Joanna M.; Bath, Philip M.W.

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Authors

Else Charlotte Sandset

Nerses Sanossian

Craig Anderson

Eivind Berge

Kennedy R. Lees

John F. Potter

Thompson G. Robinson

NIKOLA SPRIGG nikola.sprigg@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Stroke Medicine

Joanna M. Wardlow

Philip M.W. Bath



Abstract

Rationale
Despite several large clinical trials assessing blood pressure lowering in acute stroke, equipoise remains, particularly for ischaemic stroke. The ‘Blood pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration’ (BASC) commenced in the mid 1990s focusing on systematic reviews and meta-analysis of blood pressure lowering in acute stroke. From the start, BASC planned to assess safety and efficacy of blood pressure lowering in acute stroke using individual patient data.
Aims
To determine the optimal management of blood pressure in patients with acute stroke, encompassing both intracerebral haemorrhage and ischaemic stroke. Secondary aims are to assess which clinical and therapeutic factors may alter the optimal management of high blood pressure in patients with acute stroke and to assess the effect of vasoactive treatments on haemodynamic variables.
Methods and design
Individual patient data from randomised controlled trials of blood pressure management in participants with ischaemic stroke and/or intracerebral haemorrhage enrolled during the ultra-acute (pre-hospital), hyper-acute (

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 12, 2018
Online Publication Date May 3, 2018
Publication Date May 3, 2018
Deposit Date Apr 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date May 3, 2018
Journal International Journal of Stroke
Print ISSN 1747-4930
Electronic ISSN 1747-4949
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 13
Issue 7
Pages 759-765
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1747493018772733
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/931058
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747493018772733

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