Autopsy report · NCT00396058

The Effect of Methylphenidate on Motor Learning in Stroke Patients

“Recruitment of patients proved much too difficult based on the chosen criteria.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Ran for about 1 year 4 months before it stopped.
• 13 participants planned (an estimate, not an actual count).
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 4

Sponsor

University of Aarhus

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

Methylphenidate

Participants

13 (planned, not actual)

Sites

2

Countries

Denmark

Trials that died the same way

• Vitamin D Levels In Patients Who Has Normal to Grade 2 Knee Arthroscopy Changes
  “Lack of patients with recruitment criteria” (81% match in meaning)
• Loading Dose or Standard Dose of Intravenous Ibandronate in Treating Patients With Lung Cancer and Skeletal Metastasis
  “It is too difficult to recruit suitable patients.” (81% match in meaning)
• Neuropsychological Effects of Hydrocortisone in Patients With Partial Adrenal Insufficiency
  “Insufficient recruitment of suitable patients.” (80% match in meaning)
• Dynamic Estimation of Cardiac Output in the Operating Room
  “Difficulties in patient recruitment.” (80% match in meaning)
• Tibial Delayed Healing Pivotal Clinical Trial
  “Difficulty in patient recruitment” (80% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.