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"Spot Sign" Selection of Intracerebral Hemorrhage to Guide Hemostatic Therapy

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Stroke
Interventions
Other: Standard saline solution
Biological: rfVIIa
Registration Number
NCT01359202
Lead Sponsor
Dr. David Gladstone
Brief Summary

This clinical trial will enroll 110 patients from approximately 15 Canadian stroke centres. Patients coming to the emergency department with bleeding in the brain not due to trauma or other known causes who can be treated within 6 hours of onset will undergo CT angiography using standard CT scanners ("CAT scan"). Those with a "spot sign", a type of marker on the CT scan that shows the brain is still bleeding, will be randomly assigned to a single injection of "factor 7"(a blood clotting drug used in hemophilia) or placebo (inactive saline); patients without a spot sign will not be treated. The researchers will look at how much bleeding happens after the treatments are administered, as well as clinical outcomes such as death and disability. The researchers think that factor 7 will cause the bleeding to stop faster and possibly decrease death and disability.

Detailed Description

This phase II double blind RCT will enroll 110 patients from approximately 15 Canadian stroke centres. Acute ICH patients who can be treated within 6 hours of onset will undergo CT angiography using standard CT procedures. Those with a spot sign will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to a single injection of rFVIIa 80 µg/kg or placebo; patients without a spot sign will not be treated. The primary endpoint is ICH expansion within 24 hours.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboStandard saline solutionsaline IV bolus
Niastase RTrfVIIaNiastase RT 80ug/kg IV bolus
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ICH size24 hours

Difference between groups in ICH size on CT scan at 24 hours post-dose, adjusted for baseline ICH size

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
DVT4 days

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within 4 days

Thromboembolic events4 days

Incidence of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke within 4 days; any other arterial or venous thromboembolic SAEs within 4 days

Mortality90 days

90-day mortality rate

Unstable angina4 days

Unstable angina w/in 4 days of treatment

Troponin increase4 days

Troponin rise above upper limit of normal within 4 days (without clinical symptoms or ECG evidence of acute coronary syndrome)

Feasibility0

Percentage of sites who can meet recruitment targets of 2 patients per site per year; % patients who meet the target time of \<45 minutes from emergency department arrival to the start of the scan; % patients who meet the target time of \<60 minutes from the end of the CT angiogram to administration of study drug; Local site spot sign interpretation accuracy as judged by central adjudicator; protocol violations

Waiver of consent process evaluation/effectiveness4,90 days

Waiver of consent use, acceptability, and effect on treatment times. Questionnaire will be administed to subject/LAR at 4 days and 90 days.

Acute blood pressure control1hr

% subjects where blood pressure control was acheived, defined as achieving systolic BP \<180 mmHg within 1 hour post-randomization

Cognition90 days, 1 year

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Stroke Impact Scale at 90 days and 1 year.

Pulmonary embolism30 days

PE within 30 days

Disability90 d, 1 year

Proportion of subjects with modified Rankin score 5-6 (death or severe disability) at 90 days and 1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (15)

Hamilton HSC

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Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Kingston General Hospital

🇨🇦

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

London Health Sciences Centre

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London, Ontario, Canada

Trillium Health Centre

🇨🇦

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Western Hospital

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The Ottawa Hospital

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

St. Michael's Hospital

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Foothills Medical Centre

🇨🇦

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hôpital Charles Le Moyne

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Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

Montreal Neurological Institute

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre

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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Vancouver General Hospital

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver Island Health Authority

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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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