Modafinil for poststroke patients: A systematic review.
Rafael Leite PachecoCarolina de Oliveira Cruz LatorracaLuciana Di Giovanni Marques da SilvaDaniel Barbuda Guimaraes de Meneses FerreiraCristiano de Abreu Amorim FernandesNicole Dittrich HosniAna Luiza Cabrera MartimbiancoDaniela Vianna PachitoRachel RieraPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2018)
Based on two small randomised controlled trial, which provided very low quality evidence, the effects (benefits and harms) of modafinil for stroke patients are unclear and do not support its routinely use in clinical practice for this clinical situation. Number of Protocol registration in PROSPERO database: CRD42017078465 (available from http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?ID=CRD42017078465).