60
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2016
Primary Completion Date
July 23, 2018
Study Completion Date
July 23, 2018
Remote ischaemic conditioning
1 dose (=4 cycles) of intermittent upper limb ischaemia (1 cycle = 5minutes inflation to 20mmHg above systolic BP, 5 minutes deflation). Dose escalation: (i) Recruits 1-20 receive this cycle once (ii) Recruits 21-40 receive a second dose of 4-cycles one hour after the first. (iii) Recruits 41-60 receive further dosing, twice daily until day 4.
Sham
4 cycles of intermittent sham procedure (1 cycle = 5 minutes inflation to 30 mmHg, 5 minutes deflation), matching the dose escalation described in the intervention
Derby Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Derby
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham
University of Nottingham
OTHER