Tests a new ambulance routing plan for stroke patients in rural areas
Compares a new prehospital stroke transport plan with usual care in adults with stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Optimizing the Prehospital Use of Stroke Systems of Care-Reacting to Changing Paradigms-Implementation (OPUS-i)
Key facts
- Where
- Camden and Philadelphia, United StatesSee the 2 sites
Where in United States
- Cooper University HealthCamden, United StatesTaking people
- 3401 N Broad streetPhiladelphia, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Temple University
- Trial code
- NCT06530693
- Record updated
- 12 March 2026
- Original description
This interventional trial will compare a novel prehospital stroke transport algorithm (OPUS-i) to a traditional prehospital stroke transport algorithm to improve outcomes in rural stroke patients by determining the effect of implementing a data-driven prehospital stroke algorithm on time to and endovascular therapy. The study consists of a multicenter cohort and will last 24 months but individual subject study duration is 90 days.Read full original descriptionShow less
Optimizing the Prehospital Use of Stroke Systems of Care-Reacting to Changing Paradigms-Implementation (OPUS-i)
This interventional trial will compare a novel prehospital stroke transport algorithm (OPUS-i) to a traditional prehospital stroke transport algorithm to improve outcomes in rural stroke patients by determining the effect of implementing a data-driven prehospital stroke algorithm on time to and endovascular therapy. The study consists of a multicenter cohort and will last 24 months but individual subject study duration is 90 days.
Inclusion: Clinical impression of stroke/TIA by EMS clinicians.
Exclusion: Age < 18 years; Prisoner.