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Inflammation inhibitors to reduce brain injury after a hemorrhagic stroke.

Phase 1
Conditions
Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
MedDRA version: 20.1Level: LLTClassification code 10042320Term: Subarachnoid hemorrhageSystem Organ Class: 100000004852
Therapeutic area: Diseases [C] - Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Registration Number
EUCTR2017-004307-51-NL
Lead Sponsor
niversity Medical Center Utrecht
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

1) Confirmed aneurysmal SAH
2) Admission to either the UMCU or Erasmus MC within 11.5 hours after ictus
3) Age 18 years and older
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 30
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 10

Exclusion Criteria

1) Life expectancy < 10 days;
2) Pregnant or breast-feeding women;
3) Participation in another clinical therapeutic study;
4) History of splenectomy or asplenia (potentially increased risk of meningococcal infection);
5) Hematologic malignancy;
6) Patients receiving chemotherapy;
7) Patients who will undergo or underwent an organ transplantation;
8) Patients with myasthenia gravis, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency, or tuberculosis;
9) Patients who are or will be treated by plasmapheresis or hemodialysis;
10) Patient with a creatinine clearance of <30 or serum creatinine levels of >169 µmol/l
11) Patients with a known hereditary complement deficiency;
12) Patients allergic to eculizumab, proteins derived from mouse products or other monoclonal antibodies;
13) Patients allergic to (prophylactic) antibiotic treatment for Neisseria meningitidis (quinolones or ceftriaxone (therapeutic));
14) If on admission, it is likely that the aneurysm can only be treated with extracranial-intracranial bypass surgery;
15) If based on head imaging, it will be unlikely that CSF can be obtained 48-72 hours after ictus;
16) Patients with an ongoing infection on admission which is not appropriately treated;
17) Patients who were treated >4 times with antibiotics during the last year;
18) Patients on immunosuppressive therapy.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study Design
Not specified
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