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EURopean Study on Encephalitis in Intensive CAre

Completed
Conditions
Encephalitis
Registration Number
NCT03144570
Lead Sponsor
ICUREsearch
Brief Summary

Prospective observational multicenter study in European ICUs. All patients admitted to the ICU for probable or confirmed Acute encephalitis (2013 IDSA - Infectious Disease Society of America criteria) will be included. Factors associated with a poor prognosis will be identified by multivariate analysis using a logistic regression.

Detailed Description

Primary objective :

evaluate the correlation between mRs score and the baseline characteristics Functional outcomes will be evaluated using the modified Rankin score (mRS) score, which is one of the most frequently used scores in acute neurological diseases \[18\]. A poor outcome will be defined by a mRS score \> 2 (functional dependence or death). The investigator usually evaluates this score if the patient is still in the hospital 90 days after admission. Patients discharged from hospital within 90 days following ICU admission without major disability (mRS 0, 1 or 2) are considered to have a good outcome. Patients discharged within 90 days with a disability will be classified for the study according to the latest available data. Patients will not be contacted directly by the investigator for the study purposes.

Secondary objectives :

To identify additional prognosis factors : the clinical, radiological, biological and neurophysiological factors associated with poor outcome for patients admitted to the ICU with AE

* Day 28 mortality, in-ICU mortality, in-hospital mortality

* Major systemic complications (septic shock, hyponatremia, nosocomial pneumonia, catheter-related BSI, overt gastroenteral bleeding, pulmonary embolism)

* Major intracranial complications during ICU stay

* Status epilepticus

* Brain death

* Empyema/cerebral abscess

* Cerebral ischemia

* Intracranial bleeding

* ICP monitoring

* Neurosurgery

The cause of death will be categorized into 2 categories:

* Systemic causes (cardiovascular failure, MOF)

* Neurological cause (Diffuse neurologic injury or withdrawal of care)

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
596
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years

  • non-opposition to participate in the study (or consent if applicable according to local legislation)

  • Impaired consciousness (altered mentation, stupor, or personality changes) for a duration ≥ 24 h, without obvious explanation

  • A score on the Glasgow Coma Scale < or =13 at ICU admission

  • A Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis > = 5 cell / mm3

  • At least 2 of the following :

    • Fever (≥ 38.0 °C) within 72 hours before or after admission
    • Generalized or partial seizures non-attributable to pre-existing epilepsy
    • New onset focal neurological deficit
    • Parenchymal abnormalities on MRI compatible with AE
    • EEG alterations compatible with AE.
Exclusion Criteria
  • CSF or neuroimaging not available (s) or not performed.
  • febrile encephalopathy associated with another diagnosis (sepsis, neurological disease with aspiration pneumonia ... )

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Modified Rankin scale scoreDay 90

The modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a commonly used scale for measuring the degree of disability or dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability. It has become the most widely used clinical outcome measure for stroke clinical trials.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Intracranial complicationsDay 90

Documented seizures, status epilepticus, Diffuse cerebral edema, herniation, Ischemia, cerebral hemorrhage

Mortality at Day 28Day 28

Rate of death at day 28

Systematic complicationsDay 90

Septic shock, hyponatremia

Intracranial pressure monitoringDay 90

List of all available methods of intracranial pressure monitoring used in study sites and their outcome

NeurosurgeryDay 90

Monitoring of neurosurgery to identify additional prognosis factors

Trial Locations

Locations (65)

Medical University of Innsbruck

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Innsbruck, Austria

Centre Hospitalier d'Angoulême

🇫🇷

Angoulême, France

CHU Brest

🇫🇷

Brest, France

Centre hopsitalier de Dieppe

🇫🇷

Dieppe, France

Hôpital Victor Dupouy

🇫🇷

Argenteuil, France

Les Hôpitaux de Chartres

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Chartres, France

Centre Hospitalier du Sud Francilien

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Corbeil-Essonnes, France

Centre Hospitalier René Dubos

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Cergy-Pontoise, France

CH de Charlesville-Mézières

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Charleville-Mézières, France

CH Vendée

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La Roche, France

Hôpital de la Source

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Orléans, France

Hôpital Saint Louis

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Paris, France

Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou

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Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier Public du Cotentin

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Cherbourg, France

Academic Medical Center

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Centre Hospitalier Lorient

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Lorient, France

CHU Lapeyronie

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Montpellier, France

Hôpital Ambroise Paré

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Boulogne-Billancourt, France

San Gerardo Hospital

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Monza, Italy

Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor

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Créteil, France

Hôpital Cochin

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Paris, France

CHU Gabriel Montpied

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

APHP Colombes - Louis Mourier

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Colombes, France

CHU Grenoble

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Grenoble, France

CH du Mans

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Le Mans, France

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

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Lyon, France

Institut Paoli-Calmettes

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Marseille, France

Hôpital de la Timone

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Marseille, France

CHU Hôpital Nord

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Marseille, France

CHR Metz-Thionville

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Metz, France

CHU de Nantes

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Nantes, France

Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph

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Paris, France

Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière

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Paris, France

Centre Hospitalier de Pau

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Pau, France

Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois

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Annecy, France

Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer

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Bron, France

Hôpital Antoine Béclère

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Clamart, France

Centre Hospitalier Châlons en Champagne

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Châlons-en-Champagne, France

Marne la Vallée - Meaux

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Jossigny, France

Hôpital R Salengro

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Lille, France

Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard

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Paris, France

Hôpitaux universitaires Est Parisien, Tenon

🇫🇷

Paris, France

Fondation Opthalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild

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Paris, France

CHU Rennes

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Rennes, France

Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Poissy

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Poissy, France

CH Roanne

🇫🇷

Roanne, France

Centre hospitalier de Saint-Denis, Hôpital DELAFONTAINE

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Saint-Denis, France

CHU de Toulouse Purpan

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Toulouse, France

Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing

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Tourcoing, France

Hôpital André Mignot

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Versailles, France

Centre hospitalier Sud Essone

🇫🇷

Étampes, France

CH des 2 vallées, Site Longjumeau

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Longjumeau, Île De France, France

Ims & Sum Hospital

🇮🇳

Bhubaneswar, India

Institute Of Medical Sciences Banaras Hindu University

🇮🇳

Lucknow, India

Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

🇮🇳

Lucknow, India

King George's medical university

🇮🇳

Lucknow, India

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research

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Lucknow, India

Azienda USL Toscana Centro

🇮🇹

Firenze, Italy

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

🇮🇹

Roma, Italy

Hospital Vall d'Hebron

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de la Santa Creu

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Germans Trias i Pujol

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Ourense

🇪🇸

Ourense, Spain

Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova

🇪🇸

Zaragoza, Spain

Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

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