In Brief: Nutritional supplements and stroke prevention

Nutritional supplements and stroke prevention: Bowman Gray University will lead a 36-center randomized clinical trial to determine whether multiple nutrient supplements can prevent occurrence of second stroke in 3,600 patients. The study will be initiated within a few months, Winston Salem, N.C.-based Bowman Gray says. Funded by a $20 mil. grant from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases & Stroke, the five-year trial will be led by Bowman Gray's James Toole, MD. Patients who have had one mild stroke will be randomized to receive either a standard or large amount of nutritional supplementation and examined every six months for two years, with two years of follow-up. The final protocol and the location of the 36 trial sites should be decided by December...