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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy After Stroke - RESPECT Trial

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00465270

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Official title

Randomized Evaluation of Recurrent Stroke Comparing PFO Closure to Established Current Standard of Care Treatment (RESPECT)

Brief summary

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The purpose of this study is to investigate whether percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) closure, using the AMPLATZER PFO Occluder, is superior to current standard of care medical treatment in the prevention of recurrent embolic stroke.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00465270
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Abbott Medical Devices
Industry
Enrollment
980 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
Aug 2003 (Actual)
Primary completion
May 2012 (Actual)
Completion
May 2016 (Actual)
Last update posted
Feb 18, 2019

2003 – 2016

United States locations

U.S. sites
61
U.S. states
32
U.S. cities
55
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama Birmingham Alabama 35249 —
Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Arizona 85259 —
LAC + USC Medical Center Los Angeles California 90033 —
UCLA Los Angeles California 90095 —
Summit Medical Center Oakland California 94609 —
Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego California 92123 —
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco California 94115 —
University of Colorado Denver Colorado 80262 —
South Denver Cardiology Associates Littleton Colorado 80120 —
Medical Center of the Rockies Loveland Colorado 80538 —
Washington Hospital Center Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20010 —
George Washington University Hospital Washington D.C. District of Columbia 20037 —
St. Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville Florida 32204 —
Northwestern University Chicago Illinois 60611-3078 —
University of Chicago Chicago Illinois 60637-1470 —
Neurologic Associates Inc Palos Heights Illinois 60463 —
OSF St. Francis Medical Center Peoria Illinois 61637 —
Southern Illinois University Neurology Springfield Illinois 62702 —
Indiana Heart Physicians Indianapolis Indiana 46237 —
Ruan Neurology Des Moines Iowa 50314 —
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Iowa City Iowa 52242 —
Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City Kansas 66160 —
University of Kentucky Lexington Kentucky 40536 —
Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans Louisiana 70121 —
Midatlantic Cardiovascular Associates Towson Maryland 21014 —
Tufts Medical Center Boston Massachusetts 02111 —
University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor Michigan 48109-0316 —
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Duluth Minnesota 55805 —
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis Minnesota 55407 —
University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 —
Methodist Hospital/Park Nicollet Medical Center Saint Louis Park Minnesota 55426 —
Washington University St Louis Missouri 63110 —
University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha Nebraska 68198-2045 —
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Cherry Hill New Jersey 08034 —
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersy Newark New Jersey 07103 —
Albany Medical Center Albany New York 12208 —
DENT Neurologic Institute Amherst New York 14226 —
University of Rochester Rochester New York 14642 —
Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710 —
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro North Carolina 27410 —
Neurology and Neuroscience Associates Akron Ohio 44320 —
University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland Ohio 44106 —
Ohio State University Columbus Ohio 43210 —
Providence St. Vincent's Medical Center Portland Oregon 97225 —
Oregon Stroke Center, OHSU Portland Oregon 97329 —
LeHigh Valley Hospital Allentown Pennsylvania 18105 —
Penn State Milton South Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania 17033 —
Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster Pennsylvania 17543 —
St. Mary's Medical Center Langhorne Pennsylvania 19067 —
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina 29425 —
North Central Heart Institute Sioux Falls South Dakota 57108 —
St. Thomas Neurology Nashville Tennessee 37205 —
Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennessee 37232-8802 —
UT Southwestern Medical School Dallas Texas 75390-8897 —
University of Texas Houston Health Science Center Houston Texas 77030 —
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach Virginia 23454 —
UW Medicine Stroke Center Seattle Washington 98104 —
Charleston Area Medical Center Charleston West Virginia 25304 —
University of Wisconsin Hospital Madison Wisconsin 53792 —
Marshfield Clinic Marshfield Wisconsin 54449 —
Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee Wisconsin 53226 —

Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.

Non-U.S. locations

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About this trial record page

What this page shows
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What this page does not do
No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
Where the data comes from
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