In patients after ischemic stroke, global state improved in 77.1% with cortexin versus 54.5% with basic therapy alone.
In plain wordsAfter ischemic stroke, global state improved in 77.1% with cortexin versus 54.5% with basic therapy alone.
- Outcome
- IncreaseGlobal state improvement
- Study
n = 68
- Comparator
- basic therapy alone
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 mg daily · intramuscular · 10 daysAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Patients with global improvement
- 27 patients
- cortexin
- Global improvement proportion
- 77.1%
- cortexin
- Patients with global improvement
- 18 patients
- basic therapy alone
- Global improvement proportion
- 54.5%
- basic therapy alone
Source sentences
To the end of treatment, the improvement in global state was seen in 27 (77,1%) of patients of the main group and 18 (54,5%) patients of the control group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty-eight patients (mean age 60,5+/-2,8 years) in the early rehabilitation period of ischemic stroke were included in the study.
Thirty-five patients of the main group received peptide cortexin in dose of 10 mg daily intramuscular in the complex therapy, 33 patients of the control group received only the basic therapy.
Treatment duration was 10 days.