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Precision Medicine in Stroke

Completed
Conditions
Brain Diseases
Brain Ischemia
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Stroke
Registration Number
NCT05815836
Lead Sponsor
Ludwig-Maximilians - University of Munich
Brief Summary

PROMISE aims at identifying novel diagnostic and prognostic circulating biomarkers for patients with acute stroke and at informing on crucial yet undetected pathophysiological mechanisms driving outcome after stroke by enriching all phenotypic information available from clinical routine with in-depth quantification of the circulating proteome and metabolome as well as other entities.

Detailed Description

The heterogeneity of ischemic stroke (IS) poses a challenge for assigning patients to optimal treatment strategies and is a major reason for the large number of failed clinical trials. Current diagnostic algorithms are insufficient to explain clinical outcomes arguing for crucial yet undetected pathophysiological mechanisms. Diagnostic tests further leave stroke etiology undetermined in 40 % of IS patients thus impeding the allocation of these patients to optimal secondary prevention regimens. Heterogeneity is also seen at the level of neuronal injury, which greatly varies between IS patients, but can neither be assessed in the pre-hospital setting nor serially in the acute phase to monitor stroke progression and to develop individual trajectories of neuronal loss over time. The circulating proteome and metabolome capture pathophysiological events from multiple organs including local and systemic events (e.g. stress) related to acute stroke and might thus inform on neuronal injury and the mechanisms causing stroke. The circulating proteome and metabolome may further inform on i) the systemic effects of stroke, which contribute significantly to stroke outcome but are under-researched, and ii) how concepts from preclinical stroke research such as reperfusion injury translate to human stroke. The investigators hypothesize that the combination of detailed clinical phenotyping with advanced profiling technologies (genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) will enable the identification of key molecular signatures of IS that inform on pathophysiological mechanisms and might also be utilized as diagnostic instruments.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
787
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients with acute ischemic stroke:
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Diagnosis of an acute ischemic stroke defined by an acute focal neurological deficit in combination with a diffusion-weighted imaging-positive lesion on magnetic resonance imaging or a new lesion on a delayed CT scan.
  • Time from last seen well to admission and first blood sampling < 24 hours
  • Blood samples collected upon admission (day 1), the next morning (day 2), day 3, and day 7 (or day of discharge if earlier)
  • Informed consent in accord with ethical approval
  • Patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage:
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Diagnosis of an acute intracerebral hemorrhage defined by an acute focal neurological deficit in combination with imaging-based evidence of intracerebral hemorrhage.
  • Time from last seen well to admission and first blood sampling < 24 hours
  • Blood samples collected upon admission (day 1)
  • Informed consent in accord with ethical approval
  • Patients with stroke mimics:
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Diagnosis of a stroke-mimicking disease defined by an acute focal neurological deficit in combination with a lack of infarction on neuroimaging.
  • Time from last seen well to admission and first blood sampling < 24 hours
  • Blood samples collected upon admission (day 1), the next morning (day 2), day 3, and day 7
  • Informed consent in accord with ethical approval
  • Healthy subjects:
  • Age 18 years or older
  • Informed consent in accord with ethical approval
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients with acute ischemic stroke:
  • Lack of follow-up CT or MRI imaging
  • Major surgery within the last four weeks
  • In-house stroke
  • Myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injury, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, any intracranial hemorrhage, thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism within the last four weeks
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
  • Patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage:
  • Major surgery within the last four weeks
  • In-house stroke
  • Myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injury, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, any intracranial hemorrhage, thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism within the last four weeks
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
  • Patients with stroke mimics:
  • Major surgery within the last four weeks
  • Myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injury, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, any intracranial hemorrhage, thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism within the last four weeks
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
  • Healthy subjects:
  • Major surgery within the last four weeks
  • Myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injury, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, any intracranial hemorrhage, thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism within the last four weeks
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prediction of clinical outcome as defined by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score7 days or day of discharge if earlier (on average 5 days)

The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a valid and reliable clinician-reported measure of global disability that has been widely applied for evaluating recovery from stroke. It is a scale used to measure functional recovery (the degree of disability or dependence in daily activities) of people who have suffered a stroke. mRS scores range from 0 (best outcome) to 6 (worst outcome), with 0 indicating no residual symptoms; 5 indicating bedbound, requiring constant care; and 6 indicating death. We will assess associations of clinical outcome with:

* Global, class, pathway, and individual metabolite levels upon admission (day 1), day 2, day 3, and day 7 \[raw values, referenced to HC, or referenced to SM\]

* Global, pathway, and individual protein levels upon admission (day 1), day 2, day 3, and day 7 \[raw values, referenced to HC, or referenced to SM\]

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Heart morphology and function as assessed by echocardiography and ECGday 1 to day 10

We will assess the likelihood of cardiac embolism by a score that integrates PTFV1, left ventricular strain and left atrial area.

Sensitivity and specificity to separet diagnostic groupsday 1 to day 10

Groups (Ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, stroke mimics, healthy subjects) will be compared.

Treatment efficacy of mechanical thrombectomyday 1 to day 90

Treatment efficacy will be assessed by comparing mRS scores between treated and non-treated groups.

Subacute brain injury as assessed by neuroimagingday 3 to day 10

The extent of subacute brain injury will be manually segmented on images from delayed routine CT or MRI scans.

Acute brain injury as assessed by neuroimagingday 1

The extent of acute brain injury (in ml) will be assessed on admission NCCT and CT perfusion scans.

Neck and cerebral vessel morphologyday 1 to day 10

We will assess the number of different plaque types on routine CT/MRI angiography scans.

Stroke etiology7 days or day of discharge if earlier (on average 5 days)

Stroke etiology will be assessed using the TOAST classification systems.

Systemic sequelae of strokeday 1 to day 10

Systemic sequelae will be assessed by clinical laboratory tests.

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