Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Versus Delayed Statin Therapy in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—Our randomized trial involving patients with acute ischemic stroke and dyslipidemia did not show any superiority of early statin therapy within 24 hours of admission compared with delayed statin therapy 7 days after admission to alleviate the degree of disability at 90 days after onset.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT02549846.

Source: Stroke - October 23, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Shinichi Yoshimura, Kazutaka Uchida, Takashi Daimon, Ryuzo Takashima, Kazuhiro Kimura, Takeshi Morimoto, on behalf of ASSORT Trial Investigator* Tags: Clinical Studies, Lipids and Cholesterol, Treatment, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research