Safety and efficacy of fluoxetine on functional outcome after acute stroke (AFFINITY): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 651-660

  Hankey, Graeme J ^a   Hackett, Maree L ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Flicker, Leon ^a   Mead, Gillian E ^a   Dennis, Martin S ^a   Etherton Beer, Christopher ^a   Ford, Andrew H ^a   Billot, Laurent ^a   Jan, Stephen ^a   Lung, Thomas ^a   Murray, Veronica ^a   Lundström, Erik ^a   Anderson, Craig S ^a   Herbert, Robert ^a   Carter, Gregory ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a   Nguyen, Huy Thang ^a   Gommans, John ^a   Yi, Qilong ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Bompoint, Severine ^a   Barrett, Sarah ^a   Claxton, Anne ^a   O'Dea, Julia ^a   Tang, Michelle ^a   Williams, Clare ^a   Peterson, Shenae ^a   Drummond, Christie ^a   Hong, Uyen Ha ^a   Le, Linh Thi My ^a   Ngo, Tram Thi Bich ^a   Mai, Yen Bao ^a   Han, Huyen Thanh ^a   Truong, Nhu Quynh ^a   Nguyen, Huong Thi ^a   Ngo, Hai Thanh ^a   Nguyen, Thi Binh ^a   Ha, Oanh Thi Kieu ^a   Nguyen, Trang Le Huyen ^a   Lindley, Richard I ^a   New, Peter ^a   Lee, Andrew ^a   Tran, Thanh Trung ^a   Le, Loan Tran Truc Mai ^a   Kieu, Thuy Le Vu ^a   Nguyen, Sang Van ^a   Nguyen, Thuy Anh Diem ^a   Dang, Tam Nhat ^a   Phan, Hanh Thi Truc ^a   Vo, Loan Thi Ngoc ^a   Nguyen, Mai Hue ^a   Dang, Hanh Cao ^a   Tran, Hong Thi ^a   Dam, Linh Thi Cam ^a   Ngo, Trinh Thi Kim ^a   Pham, Thai Nguyen Thanh ^a   Pham, Binh Nguyen ^a   Dao, Nha Thi Thanh ^a   Nguyen, Huong Thi Bich ^a   Le, Linh Thi Cam ^a   Do, Chi Minh ^a   Huynh, Huy Quoc ^a   Tran, Giau Thi Kim ^a   Le, Oanh Thi ^a   Tran, Ly Thi Khanh ^a   Duong, Chinh Dinh ^a   Kieu, Duong Van ^a   Le, Na ^a   Nguyen, Hoa Ngoc ^a   Le, Binh Van ^a   Nguyen, Long Thanh ^a   Nguyen, Long Van ^a   Dinh, Tuan Quoc ^a   Vo, Tan Van ^a   Bui, Tram Ngoc ^a   Hoang, Uyen Thi To ^a   Nguyen, Hien Thi Bich ^a   Nguyen, Ha Thi Thu ^a   Lam, Nga Thuy ^a   Le, Khanh Kim ^a   Trinh, Phuong Thanh ^a   Huynh, Hop Quang ^a   Nguyen, Thao Thi Thu ^a   Lu, Huyen Ngoc ^a   Pham, Tham Hong ^a   Nguyen, Sam Hoanh ^a   Le, Ninh Hong ^a   Nguyen, Giang Truong ^a   Doan, Bich Thi ^a   Pham, Sung Phuoc ^a   Luong, Duong Huu ^a   Mai, Ha Van ^a   Tran, Thuc Van ^a   Do, Phuong Thi ^a   Le, Hoai Thi ^a   Nguyen, Chi Van ^a   Nguyen, Phuong Doan ^a   Mai, Ton Duy ^a   Dao, Phuong Viet ^a   Nguyen, Dung Tien ^a   Khuong, Dai Quoc ^a   Vuong, Trung Xuan ^a   Vu, Lan Tuong ^a   Ngo, Ngoc Duc ^a   Dang, Hanh Hong ^a   Truong, Phuong Thai ^a   Le, Ngan Thi ^a   Hoang, Hoa Van ^a   Do, Chung Quang ^a   Nguyen, Minh Thao ^a   Dam, Anh Hai ^a   Le, Quynh Nhu ^a   Nguyen, Ngoc Hoang ^a   Nguyen, Tuyen Van ^a   Le, Toan Dinh ^a   Dinh, Ha Thi Hai ^a   Pham, Cuong Van ^a   Thach, Khanh Thi Ngoc ^a   Nguyen, Linh Hai ^a   Nguyen, Loan Thi ^a   Le, Vien Chi ^a   Tran, Phuong Hong ^a   Nguyen, Tai Anh ^a   Le, Tuan Van ^a   Truong, Luyen Van ^a   Bui, Tue Chau ^a   Huynh, Ngoc Xuan ^a   Dinh, Lap Van ^a   Pham, An Gia ^a   Le, Trang Thi Huyen ^a   Nguyen, Vy Tuong ^a   Nguyen, Yen Hai ^a   Nguyen, Thang Ba ^a   Thai, Huy ^a   Pham, Quyen Thi Ngoc ^a   Dao, Khoa Duy ^a   Pham, Quoc Nguyen Bao ^a   Dang, Thuong Thi Huyen ^a   Dinh, Huong Huynh To ^a   Tong, Trang Mai ^a   Vu, Thuy Thi ^a   Le, Si Tri ^a   Tran, Tai Ngoc ^a   Tran, Phuong Hoai ^a   Dinh, Ngoc Thuy Nhu ^a   Nguyen, Binh Thanh ^a   Do, Vinh Phuong ^a   Nguyen, Anh Ngoc ^a   Nguyen, Binh Thi Thanh ^a   Blacker, David ^a   Bunce, Lindsey ^a   Tan, Ai Ling ^a   Ghia, Darshan ^a   Edmonds, Gillian ^a   O'Loughlin, Nicole ^a   Ewing, Megan ^a   Whittaker, Kerri Ann ^a   Deane, Lorralee ^a   Gawarikar, Yash ^a   Jones, Brett ^a   Lopez, Maria ^a   Nagesh, Koushik ^a   Siracusa, Emma ^a   Davis, Stephen ^a   McDonald, Amy ^a   Tsoleridis, Jess ^a   McCoy, Rachael ^a   Jackson, David ^a   Silver, Gab ^a   Bates, Timothy R ^a   Boudville, Amanda ^a   Southwell, Lynda ^a   Cordato, Dennis ^a   McDougall, Alan J ^a   Cappelen Smith, Cecilia ^a   Calic, Zeljka ^a   Askar, Shabeel ^a   Cheng, Qi ^a   Kumar, Raymond ^a   Geraghty, Richard ^a   Duroux, Maree ^a   Ratcliffe, Megan ^a   Shone, Samantha ^a   McLennan, Cassandra ^a   Sahathevan, Ramesh ^a   Hair, Casey ^a   Levy, Stanley ^a   Macdonald, Beverley ^a   Nham, Benjamin ^a   Rigney, Louise ^a   Nathani, Dev ^a   Gopinath, Sumana ^a   Patel, Vishal ^a   Mamun, Abul ^a   Trewin, Benjamin ^a   Phua, Chun ^a   Choong, Ho ^a   Tarrant, Lauren ^a   Boyle, Kerry ^a   Hewitt, Luisa ^a   Hourn, Monique ^a   Masterson, Amanda ^a   Oakley, Kim ^a   Ruddell, Karen ^a   Sanctuary, Colette ^a   Veitch, Kimberley ^a   Burdusel, Camelia ^a   Lee, Lina ^a   Cheuk, Gary ^a   Christley, Jeremy ^a   Hartwell, Tabitha ^a   Davenport, Craig ^a   Hickey, Kate ^a   Robertson, Rosanna ^a   Carr, Michelle ^a   Akbari, Sam ^a   Coyle, Hannah ^a   O'Neill, Megan ^a   Redpath, Cameron ^a   Roberts, Caroline ^a   Tabesh, Marjan ^a   Withiel, Toni ^a   Abeysuriya, Kapila ^a   Granger, Andrew ^a   Abraham, Angela ^a   Chua, Chermaine ^a   Do Nguyen, Dung ^a   Surendran, Vathani ^a   Daines, Melissa ^a   Shivlal, David ^a   Latif, Mudassar ^a   Mughal, Noreen ^a   Morgan, Patricia ^a   Krause, Martin ^a   Priglinger, Miriam ^a   Shandiz, Ehsan E ^a   Day, Susan ^a   Kho, Lay ^a   Pollack, Michael ^a   Dunne, Judith ^a   Baines, Helen ^a   Rees, Merridie ^a   White, Jenni ^a   Withanage, Aicuratiya ^a   Delcourt, Candice ^a   Carcel, Cheryl ^a   Malavera, Alejandra ^a   Kunchok, Amy ^a   Ray, Elizabeth ^a   Pepper, Elizabeth ^a   Duckett, Emily ^a   Ormond, Sally ^a   Moey, Andrew ^a   Kleinig, Timothy ^a   Maxwell, Vanessa ^a   Baldwin, Chantal ^a   Vallat, Wilson ^a   Field, Deborah ^a   Markus, Romesh ^a   Page, Kirsty ^a   Wheelwright, Danielle ^a   Bolitho, Sam ^a   Faux, Steven ^a   Sangvatanakul, Fix ^a   Brown, Alexis ^a   Walker, Susan ^a   Massey, Jennifer ^a   Hayes, Hillary ^a   Katrak, Pesi ^a   Winker, Annie ^a   Zagami, Alessandro ^a   Bailey, Alanah ^a   Mccormack, Sarah ^a   Murray, Andrew ^a   Rollason, Mark ^a   Taylor, Christopher ^a   O'Rourke, Fintan ^a   Kuang, Ye Min ^a   Burnet, Heike ^a   Liu, Yvonne ^a   Wu, Aileen ^a   Ramirez, Diana ^a   Wijeratne, Tissa ^a   Celestino, Sherisse ^a   Low, Essie ^a   Chen, Cynthia ^a   Bergqvist, Jennifer ^a   Evans, Andrew ^a   Leung, Queenie ^a   Jude, Martin ^a   McQueen, Rachael ^a   Mohr, Katherine ^a   Kernaghan, Latitia ^a   Stockle, Paul ^a   Tan, Boon L ^a   Laubscher, Sara ^a   Schmid, Diana ^a   Spooner, Melissa ^a   Lallu, Bhavesh ^a   Pepperell, Bronwen ^a   Chalissery, John ^a   Mahawish, Karim ^a   DeCaigney, Susan ^a   Broughton, Paula ^a   Knight, Karen ^a   Duque, Veronica ^a   McNaughton, Harry ^a   Lanford, Jeremy ^a   Fu, Vivian ^a   Wong, Lai Kin ^a   more..

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ETHNICITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; VIET NAM; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85088021101     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30207-6     Document Type: Article

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