Study type: Human research · Status: Verified against declared source

Cerebrolysin and early neurorehabilitation in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study.

Journal of medicine and life · 2017

Study scale: Background - Stroke represents one of the most important causes of permanent physical or mental disability.

Abstract only: Open source record

Product or molecular entity relationships

  • Cerebrolysin: Exact entity relationship. Legacy citation custody associates this source with the catalog record; no product-relevance conclusion is implied.

Plain-language verified summary

Question

Background - Stroke represents one of the most important causes of permanent physical or mental disability.

Methods

Methods and Results – It was a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study.

Scale or participants

Background - Stroke represents one of the most important causes of permanent physical or mental disability.

Key findings

Objective - The aim of this trial was to demonstrate the hypothesis that the association of pharmacological treatment with Cerebrolysin to early physical therapy can significantly stimulate the endogenous processes underlying the recovery after an ischemic stroke.

Limitations and uncertainty

Conclusions – Cerebrolysin had a beneficial effect on global neurological status and disability.

Verified against declared source. Verification is limited to the declared source and review scope. It does not mean independent replication or establish efficacy, safety, or suitability.