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. 2019 Nov 26;2019(11):CD009286. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009286.pub3

Farokhi 2017.

Trial name or title Evaluation of fluoxetine and standard treatment efficacy on change to side effect of stroke of ischaemic strokes in both hemispheres in anterior circulation
Methods Study type: interventional (clinical trial)
Estimated enrolment: 60 participants
Allocation: randomised
Intervention model: parallel assignment
Masking: unclear
Primary purpose: treatment
Participants Islamic Republic of Iran
Inclusion criteria:
  • Age 40 to 70 years

  • No previous history ischaemic stroke

  • Diagnosis of stroke confirmed by imaging

  • Within 2 to 7 days of stroke onset


Exclusion criteria:
  • Not available during study period

  • History of side effect of fluoxetine and other antipsychotic drugs

  • Pregnant or breast feeding;

  • Depression in the previous month and treatment with antipsychotic drugs

  • Use of any MAOI in the last 5 months


Aiming to recruit 60 participants
Interventions Experimental: 20 milligram fluoxetine and ‎standard treatment (antiplatelets, anticoagulant and statin)
Comparator: placebo and ‎standard treatment (antiplatelets, anticoagulant and statin)
Outcomes Primary outcome collected at 1 and 2 months
  • Change to side effect of stroke (NIHSS questionnaire)

Starting date 11 October 2017
Contact information Fariba Farokhi, Arak University of Medical Sciences Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran)
f.farokhi@arakmu.ac.ir
Notes www.irct.ir/trial/17976