In patients after ischemic stroke, repeated cortexin accelerated and improved quality-of-life normalization versus a single course.
In plain wordsAfter ischemic stroke, repeated cortexin improved quality of life more than a single course.
- Outcome
- IncreaseQuality of life
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Single cortexin course
- Outcome group
- Quality of life · Whole body
- Studied dose
- 10 mg twice daily · intramuscularAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
resulted in the accelerated and more complete normalization of the quality of life in the early rehabilitation petriod (starting from days 21-27 days after the onset of disease) than in the patients given a single course of cortexin therapy or basal treatment alone.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
90 patients were divided into group 1 treated with cortexin (10 mg i/m twice daily (morning and afternoon) in addition to basal treatment, group 2 given the repeated course of the same treatment, and control group (basal therapy alone).
The standard SF-36 questionnaire was used to assess the quality of life.