China Stroke Registry for Patients With Traditional Chinese Medicine (CASES-TCM): Rationale and Design of a Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study

作者：Luda Feng, Lingbo Kong, Xinglu Dong, Xinxing Lai, Dandan Zhang, Beida Ren, Shen Liu, Xiaolong Xie, Chuanpeng Li, Yuebo Song, Yawei Du, Kegang Cao, Chi Zhang, Ying Gao, On Behalf of the CASES-TCM Protocol Steering Group · 发表于：Frontiers in Pharmacology · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.3389/fphar.2021.743883 · 被引用次数：14 · 研究领域：Acute Ischemic Stroke Management、Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research、Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Background: Given the complexity of stroke treatment and the current widespread use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in the absence of robust, large, long-term effectiveness and safety studies, and the lack of nationwide epidemiology and clinical characteristics of patients with stroke receiving TCM treatment, the acquisition of data from longitudinal cohorts is essential. We intend to generate the major clinical characteristics of patients with stroke who receive TCM treatment and to investigate the effectiveness and safety of TCM in the Chinese population. Methods: The China Stroke Registry for Patients with Traditional Chinese Medicine (CASES-TCM) study is a prospective, multicenter, observational disease registry aiming to register 20,000 hospitalized patients. Eligible adult patients with clearly diagnosed acute ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage within 7 days of symptom onset will be consecutively registered from 126 participating sites across China. Baseline data will be recorded, and all patients will be regularly followed up at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after stroke onset. Collected data will be entered into a web-based system with high-level data security. The primary outcomes include the distribution of scores on the modified Rankin Scale at the 3-months follow-up, and recurrent stroke events within the 12-months follow-up. Conclusion: To our knowledge, the CASES-TCM study is the first and largest nationwide registry to document comprehensive data on TC...