In patients with ischemic stroke, Cerebrolysin accelerated NIHSS improvement on days 10 and 28 versus basic treatment only (p<0,05).
In plain wordsIn patients with ischemic stroke, Cerebrolysin accelerated neurological improvement compared with basic treatment only.
- Peptide
- Cerebrolysin
- Outcome
- IncreaseNIHSS improvement on days 10 and 28
- Study
n = 277
- Comparator
- Basic treatment only
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 ml daily · 10 daysAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- P value
- < 0.05
- NIHSS score improvement, cerebrolysin versus basic treatment only, days 10 and 28
Source sentences
A quantitative analysis of the dynamics of neurological deficit revealed the accelerated improvement by NIHSS score, modified Rankin score and Barthel index in the cerebrolysin group on days 10 and 28 (p<0,05).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The multicenter prospective study of cerebrolysin safety and efficacy included 277 patients with ischemic stroke aged 55-85 years, who received therapy within 12 h from the disease development.
Cerebrolysin was used in dosage 10 ml daily along with concomitant standard basic treatment during 10 days after stroke onset in 138 patients.
A control group comprised 139 patients who received basic treatment only.