PROpranolol for Cerebral Hemorrhage-ASsociated pnEumonia (PRO-CHASE)

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Intracranial Hemorrhages; Vascular Accident; Stroke, Acute; Stroke; Intracerebral Hemorrhage; Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Interventions: Drug: Propranolol Hydrochloride; Other: control group

• Registration Number: NCT05419193
• Lead Sponsor: Beijing Tiantan Hospital

Brief Summary

Stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) is a grave complication of stroke and one of the most important predictors for patients' poor outcomes. Stroke associated pneumoniaSAP and other infections limited the overall efficacy of stroke management. Increasing evidence suggests that sympathetic nervous system activity contributes to post post-stroke immunosuppression and emergence of infections. This study is designed to test the safety and efficacy of an adrenergic β receptor blocker propranolol in reducing SAP in hemorrhagic stroke patients, in a multi-center, randomized, open-labeled, end point-blinded, trial.

Detailed Description

This study will enroll 168 intracerebral hemorrhage patients who meet the inclusion criteria.

ICH patients meet the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned at a 1:1 ratio into groups of standard treatment (blank-controlled), or propranolol hydrochloride injection .

Patients allocated to experimented group will be intravenously given initial dose at 5mg propranolol hydrochloride daily over a course of 7 consecutive days, The primary purpose of this study is to compare propranolol hydrochloride with standard treatment on reducing the 7-day risk of pneumonia when initiated within 24 hours of symptom onset in intracerebral hemorrhage.

Both intent analysis (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) were used for analysis.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-15
• Study Start: 2023-02-21
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-18
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study Completion: 2025-03-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18 years older and less than 80 years.
2. Onset of new neurological deficits within≤24 hours at the time of randomization
3. CT scan demonstrates supratentorial parenchymal hemorrhage and volume of hematoma≥10ml .
4. Initial NIHSS score of 11 or greater and less than 25 scores.
5. Initial GCS score (aggregate of verbal, eye, and motor response scores) of 8 or greater at time of enrollment.
6. Admission without infection signs.
7. Signed and dated informed consent by the subject, legally authorized representative, or surrogate obtained.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Subjects is considered a candidate for immediate surgical intervention by the neurosurgery service, including surgical evacuation of hematoma, decompressive craniectomy, minimally invasive aspiration of hematoma, and ventricular shunt or external ventricular drainage for intracerebral hemorrhage into the ventricle.
2. Patients with primary intraventricular hemorrhage or cerebral hemorrhage due to a definite cause, such as trauma, vascular malformation, aneurysm, coagulopathy, anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs, thrombolytic therapy, post-infarction hemorrhagic transformation, hematologic disease, moyamoya disease, primary or metastatic tumor, venous sinus thrombosis, vasculitis, etc.
3. Previous stroke or pre-onset motor disability (mRS≥1)
4. Pregnancy or parturition within previous 30 days or active lactation.
5. Use of beta blockers (propranolol, metoprolol, sotalol, carvedilol, bisoprolol, atenolol, esmolol, etc.) or reserpine within the last 30 days.
6. Bronchial asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
7. Cardiogenic shock or severe or acute heart failure.
8. Degree II-III atrioventricular block or sinus bradycardia or heart rate ≤65/min.
9. Known sensitivity to propranolol.
10. Severe hepatic or renal insufficiency
11. History of Malignancy
12. Currently participating in other interventional clinical trials.
13. Immunosuppressant therapy or known immunosuppression.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Propranolol group	Propranolol Hydrochloride	Propranolol hydrochloride will be administered intravenously via pump at a initial dose of 5mg/day over a course of 7 consecutive days after randomization.
Control group	control group	Patients will receive usual care and drug use in hospital.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Incidence of stroke-associated pneumonia	up to 7days	Stroke-associated pneumonia diagnosed in accordance to a defined algorithm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Spleen volume [ Time Frame: up to 7 days ] （ONLY patients recruited from Beijing Tiantan hospital and Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University will receive this evaluation）	up to 7 days	Spleen volume calculated based on Abdominal CT.
Clinical improvement	up to 90 days	Modified Rankin Scale （mRS，0-6 scores, poor outcome defined as mRS≥4）are used to describe the clinical improvement at baseline, 7days, 14days, 30days and 90days.
Adverse Event (AE)	up to 90 days	Per protocol Adverse Event (AE), Adverse Reaction (AR), Serious Adverse Event / Reaction (SAE / SAR), and Suspected Unexpected Serious Adverse Reactions (SUSAR)
Change in immunology function [ Time Frame: up to 7 days ]（ONLY patients recruited from Beijing Tiantan hospital and Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Medical University will receive this evaluation）	up to 7 days	Use the flow cytometry to measure the change of ratio and number of CD4+、CD8+、NK 、B cells at baseline, 3 days, 7 days

Trial Locations

Locations (12)

Beijing Tiantan Hospital,Capital Medical University; 🇨🇳 Beijing, Beijing, China

Weinan City Center hospital; 🇨🇳 Weinan, Shaanxi, China

Tianjin Huanhu Hospital; 🇨🇳 Tianjin, Tianjin, China

Tangdu Hospital,Air Force Medical University; 🇨🇳 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xianyang hospital affliated of Yan'an University; 🇨🇳 Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

Lu'an Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine; 🇨🇳 Lu'an, Anhui, China

Third Affiliated Hospital, Soochow University; 🇨🇳 Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Xi'an Central Hospital; 🇨🇳 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Qianxian People's Hospital; 🇨🇳 Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

The First People' Hospital of Xian Yang; 🇨🇳 Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

The 970th Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Weihai Branch); 🇨🇳 Weihai, Shandong, China

The 970th Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Yantai Branch); 🇨🇳 Yantai, Shandong, China