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Baricitinib for Moderate and Severe Traumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage/Contusions

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Traumatic Brain Injury
Interventions
Other: Standard treatment
Registration Number
NCT06065046
Lead Sponsor
Tang-Du Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of the present study is to study the effect of baricitinib administration on outcome of participants with moderate and severe traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions. A multi-center randomized control trial will be conducted. Participants with a radiological diagnosis of traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions and an initial GCS score of 5-12 will be screened and enrolled in the first 24 hours after traumatic brain injury.

Detailed Description

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the biggest public health problems and represents a major cause of death or severe disability in young people and adults. Previous studies have confirmed that an infammatory response occurs directly after TBI, which contribute to the development of cerebral edema and swelling, a breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, and delayed neuronal cell death, thus application of agents with anti-infammatory actions may be promising to improve the functional outcomes for TBI patients. Activated Janus kinases (JAKs) play pivotal roles in intracellular signaling from cell-surface receptors for multiple cytokines implicated in the pathologic processes of TBI, selective JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitors (AG490 and abroctinib) have been shown to reduce the brain edema and improve neurological function for TBI rodents. Baricitinib, an orally available small molecule, provides reversible inhibition of JAK1 and JAK2 and has shown clinical efficacy in studies involving patients with rheumatoid arthritis, COVID-19 and alopecia areata, and was very safe for patients. Therefore, in the current study, a multicenter randomized control trial will be conducted to study the therapeutic efficacy of baricitinib for patients with moderate and severe traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions, comparing with the standard treatment only.The patients with the GCS scores of 5-12 will be enrolled according to the inclusive and exclusive criteria. The primary outcome is the Glasgow Outcome Scale at 90 days, 180 days after brain trauma. And the secondary outcome including In-hospital mortality rate, and mortality rate at 60 days, 180 days after brain trauma; Glasgow Coma Scale at discharge;The rate of patients undergo the decompressive craniectomy because of the intracranial hypertension refractory to medical treatment;Volume of edema around intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions at 3 days, 7 days after brain trauma;The mean value of intracranial pressure at 2 to 7 days after brain trauma and The incidence of in-hospital pneumonia.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18 years older and younger than 80 years old.
  2. Definite history of traumatic brain injury.
  3. Admission within≤24 hours after the traumatic brain injury.
  4. CT scans demonstrate intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions with and without extracerebral hemorrhage (epi- and sub- dural hemorrhage)
  5. GCS score of 5 or greater and no more than 12 at time of enrollment.
  6. Closed head injury.
  7. Admission without infections
  8. Signed and dated informed consent by the subject, legally authorized representative, or surrogate obtained.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Time of head injury cannot be reliably assessed.
  2. Subjects is considered a candidate for immediate surgical intervention because of severe extracranial injury.
  3. Open head injury.
  4. Pregnancy or parturition within previous 30 days or active lactation.
  5. Use of Janus kinase inhibitors (baricinitib,abroctinib, AG490 and etc.)
  6. Pre-traumatic dementia or disability.
  7. With severe liver, kidney disease, or malignancy, life expectancy is less than 14 days.
  8. Severe pulmonary infection.
  9. Severe or acute heart failure.
  10. Severe infections within previous 30 days.
  11. History of myocardial infarction.
  12. Known sensitivity to baricinitib.
  13. Severe decreases in neutrophil, lymphocyte and platelet counts, severe decrease in hemoglobin.
  14. Severe liver and kidney dysfunction.
  15. Currently participating in other interventional clinical trials.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Control groupStandard treatmentParticipants will receive standard treatment and care according to the current management guidelines for traumatic brain injury, e.g. the guideline made by U.S. Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF)
Baricitinib groupBaricitinib 4 MGBesides receiving standard treatment and care, baricitinib will be administrated orally (or crushed for nasogastric tube delivery) and given daily at the dosage of 4mg, for consecutive 14 days after patients' brain injury.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical improvementup to 180 days

Glasgow Outcome Scale at 90 days, 180 days after brain trauma

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Coma severityup to 2 weeks

Glasgow Coma Scale at baseline, and at discharge

Mortality rateup to 180 days

In-hospital mortality rate, and mortality rate at 60 days, 180 days after brain trauma

The incidence of pneumoniaup to 2 weeks

The incidence of in-hospital pneumonia

The MMSE scoresup to 180 days

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores at 60 days, 180 days after brain trauma

The MoCA scoresup to 180 days

Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores at 60 days, 180 days after brain trauma

The rate of in-hospital secondary decompressive craniectomyup to 2 weeks

The rate of patients undergo the decompressive craniectomy because of the intracranial hypertension refractory to medical treatment

Intracranial pressureup to 7 days

The mean value of intracranial pressure at 2 to 7 days after brain trauma

Volume of edema around intracerebral hemorrhage/contusionsup to 7 days

Volume of edema around intracerebral hemorrhage/contusions at 3 days, 7days after brain trauma

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tandu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University

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Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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