Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation Trial for Adults Recovering From Stroke
Tests whether caregivers joining strategy training helps adults with stroke-related daily activity problems.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: A Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation With Strategy Training (CAR-ST) for Stroke Patients
Key facts
- Where
- New Taipei City and Taipei, TaiwanSee the 5 sites
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults who have had a stroke, live at home, and have a healthy caregiver. It tests whether training together with a caregiver improves daily activities.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Ischemic and/or hemorrhagic stroke; Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score from 2 to 4
- Earlier treatment
- Rehabilitation less than 3 days per week
Main reasons for not taking part
- Palliative care
- Major diseases or severe conditions that affect taking part, such as global aphasia, dementia, multiple organ failure or immobilization due to fracture
- Moderate cognitive impairment after stroke, with Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <22
- Pre-stroke mRS > 1
- Taking part in another interventional study at the same time
Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Where in Taiwan
- Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and WelfareNew Taipei City, TaiwanContact: Chen, MDTaking people
- Taipei Tzu Chi HospitalNew Taipei City, TaiwanContact: Chu, MDNot yet recruiting
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanContact: Chen, MDNot yet recruiting
- Taipei Medical University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanContact: Kang, MDTaking people
- Taipei Municipal Wanfang HospitalTaipei, TaiwanContact: Lin, MDTaking 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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- Taipei Medical University
- Trial code
- NCT06754566
- Record updated
- 17 February 2025
- Original description
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if involving the caregivers in the strategy training (i.e. caregiver-assisted rehabilitation with strategy training, CAR-ST) works to improve activity functions in community-dwelling adults after stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
A Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation With Strategy Training (CAR-ST) for Stroke Patients With Functional Limitations: A MultiCenter, 3-Arm Randomized Trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if involving the caregivers in the strategy training (i.e. caregiver-assisted rehabilitation with strategy training, CAR-ST) works to improve activity functions in community-dwelling adults after stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does CAR-ST and strategy training alone lead to greater improvements in activity performance among stroke survivors relative to the control intervention with education? Does CAR-ST outperform strategy training alone in the efficacy of activity outcomes? Do the activity effects of CAR-ST transfer to the impairment and participation domains of outcomes?
Researchers will compare the efficacy of the CAR-ST intervention against strategy training alone or control intervention (education program) to see if caregivers contribute to post-stroke functional improvements.
Participants will:
* receive CAR-ST, strategy training only, or an education program 1 to 2 sessions per week until finishing 10 sessions. * be assessed clinical outcomes at 4 times: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up.
Inclusion: Being willing to provide informed consent; Diagnosis with ischemic and/or hemorrhagic stroke; Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) ranges from 2 to 4; Rehabilitation frequency less than 3 days per week; Having a healthy caregiver.
Exclusion: Major diseases or severe conditions influencing study participation, such as global aphasia, dementia, multiple organ failure, immobilization due to fracture, etc; Moderate post-stroke cognitive impairment, with Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <22; Pre-stroke mRS > 1; Undergoing palliative care; Participating in other interventional study concurrently.