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          intervention_keyword,primary_outcome,secondary_outcome,secondary_sponsor,secondary_ids,source_support,ethics_reviews)>

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          date_enrolment,type_enrolment,target_size,recruitment_status,url?,study_type,study_design,phase,hc_freetext?,i_freetext?,results_actual_enrolment,results_date_completed,results_url_link,results_summary,           results_date_posted,results_date_first_publication,results_baseline_char,results_participant_flow,results_adverse_events,results_outcome_measures,results_url_protocol,results_IPD_plan, results_IPD_description)>
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<!ELEMENT utrn (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT reg_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT date_registration (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT public_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT date_enrolment (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT type_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT target_size (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT recruitment_status (#PCDATA)><!-- Pending,Recruiting,Suspended,Complete,Other -->
<!ELEMENT url (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT study_type (#PCDATA)><!-- interventional,observational -->
<!ELEMENT study_design (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT phase (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_date_completed (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_url_link (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_summary (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_date_posted (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_date_first_publication (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_baseline_char (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_participant_flow (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT firstname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT middlename (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT lastname (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT country2 (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemin (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_code (hc_code+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_keyword (hc_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_code (i_code+)>
<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT i_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT primary_outcome (prim_outcome+)>
<!ELEMENT prim_outcome (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_outcome (sec_outcome+)>
<!ELEMENT sec_outcome (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
<!ELEMENT sponsor_name (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT secondary_id (sec_id,issuing_authority)>
<!ELEMENT sec_id (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT source_support (source_name+)>
<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT contact_name (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_phone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT contact_email (#PCDATA)>
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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20200509047365N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2020-06-02</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Esfahan University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>Effect of L-carnitine on insulin resistance</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>Evaluation the effect of L-carnitine on insulin resistance and prognosis of patients with ischemic stroke admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Alzahra hospital: randomized, double blinded clinical trial</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2019-04-21</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>40</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/48062</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Randomization description: By selecting labeled cards, "drug group" or "placebo group", Patients are randomly allocated to drug or placebo groups, Blinding description: In this double-blind study; participants, care providers, and investigators are unaware of prescribed drugs for the study groups.</study_design>
      <phase>3</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Ischemic stroke.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group: L-carnitine 250 mg of Pursina Company, two tablets every 8 hours for six days orally or via nasogastric tube (NGT). Intervention 2: Control group: Placebo of Pursina Company two tablets every 8 hours for six days orally or via NGT.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is There is no further information</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Malihe Nejati</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical practices department, Pharmacy faculty, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Hezarjerib St.</address>
        <city>Isfahan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>8174673461</zip>
        <telephone>+98 31 3792 7071</telephone>
        <email>nejati@pharm.mui.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Esfahan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Shadi Farsaei</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical practices department, Pharmacy faculty, Isfahan university of medical sciences, Hezarjerib St.</address>
        <city>Isfahan</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>8174673461</zip>
        <telephone>+98 31 3792 7071</telephone>
        <email>farsaei@pharm.mui.ac.ir</email>
        <affiliation>Esfahan University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Age of 18 years or older
Diagnosis of ischemic stroke</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>18 years</agemin>
      <agemax>no limit</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>A diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke
History of hypersensitivity to L-carnitine
History of taking L-carnitine in the last month
Required dialysis</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>I63</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Cerebral infarction</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: L-carnitine 250 mg of Pursina Company, two tablets every 8 hours for six days orally or via nasogastric tube (NGT)</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: Placebo of Pursina Company two tablets every 8 hours for six days orally or via NGT</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Determination and comparison of mean insulin resistance before and after intervention. Timepoint: Before intervention and 7 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR).</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Determination and comparison of Prognosis of two groups. Timepoint: Daily from day 1, before intervention to day 7 and 28 days after intervention. Method of measurement: Frequency of 28-day mortality and duration of mechanical ventilation, daily Glasgow Coma Scale  and Sequential Organ Function Assessment scores, whether or not sepsis occurs through the intervention days based on SOFA score changes.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Esfahan University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2019-02-06</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics committee of Isfahan University of Medical sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Department of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical practices, faculty of pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Hizar jarib street Isfahan Isfehan Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
