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Clazosentan in Reducing Vasospasm-related Morbidity and All-cause Mortality in Adult Patients With Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Treated by Surgical Clipping

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Interventions
Drug: Placebo
Registration Number
NCT00558311
Lead Sponsor
Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to demonstrate that clazosentan, administered as a continuous intravenous infusion at 5 mg/h until Day 14 post aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), reduces the incidence of cerebral vasospasm -related morbidity and all-cause mortality within 6 weeks post-aSAH treated by surgical clipping. The primary endpoint of the study is the occurrence of cerebral vasospasm-related morbidity, and mortality of all-causes within 6 weeks post-aSAH, defined by at least one of the following:

1. Death (all causes).

2. New cerebral infarct(s) due to cerebral vasospasm as either the primary or relevant contributing cause, or not adjudicated to be entirely due to causes other than vasospasm.

3. Delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND) due to cerebral vasospasm as either the primary or relevant contributing cause, or not adjudicated to be entirely due to causes other than vasospasm.

4. Neurological signs or symptoms (depending on state of consciousness), in the presence of confirmed cerebral vasospasm on angiography (DSA or CTA), leading to the administration of a valid rescue therapy.

An independent Critical Events Committee (CEC) will adjudicate whether or not patients meet the primary endpoint and its individual morbidity components.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
1157
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Males and females aged 18 to 75 years (inclusive).

  2. Patients with a ruptured saccular aneurysm, confirmed by angiography (digital subtraction angiography [DSA] or computed tomography angiography [CTA]), and which has been successfully secured by surgical clipping. The time of aneurysm rupture must be known or possible to estimate with a reasonable degree of certainty.

  3. World Federation of Neurological Surgeons (WFNS) grade I-IV measured prior to the clipping procedure, and which does not worsen to grade V post-procedure (based on regular Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS])*

  4. Patients with any diffuse clot (long axis > or = 20 mm, or any clot present across both hemispheres) on baseline CT scan.

  5. Women of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test and must use a reliable method of contraception during the 12 weeks following study drug discontinuation.

  6. Written informed consent to participate in the study must be obtained from the patient or a legal representative prior to initiation of any study-mandated procedure and randomization.

    • Patients must be evaluable for WFNS grade prior to the clipping procedure. Patients who cannot be assessed for WFNS post-procedure due to a requirement for uninterrupted sedation (e.g., for high or unstable intracranial pressure [ICP]) may be included in the study provided that a CT scan is performed at 12 hours post-procedure, but prior to randomization, ruling out any large procedure-related infarct.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to causes other than a saccular aneurysm (e.g., trauma or rupture of fusiform or mycotic aneurysms).

  2. Patients with intraventricular or intracerebral blood, in the absence of subarachnoid blood, or with only a local clot.

  3. Presence of cerebral vasospasm seen on angiography prior to the clipping procedure.

  4. Patients who experienced a major complication during the clipping procedure, such as massive bleeding, major arterial occlusion, a large territorial cerebral infarct defined as involving > 1/3 of a vascular territory, or a new major neurological deficit post-procedure (e.g., hemiplegia or aphasia lasting > or = 12 hours post-aneurysm clipping).*

  5. Patients for whom study drug cannot be started within 56 hours after the aneurysm rupture.

  6. Patients who have had their aneurysm secured by coiling only.

  7. Patients for whom it is known, at the time of screening, that certain follow-up, protocol-mandated imaging assessments will not be feasible.

  8. Patients with hypotension (systolic blood pressure (SBP)< or = 90 mmHg) that is refractory to treatment.

  9. Patients with aspiration pneumonia.

  10. Patients with pulmonary edema or severe cardiac failure requiring inotropic support.

  11. Any severe or unstable concomitant condition or disease (e.g., known significant neurological deficit, cancer, hematological, or coronary disease), or chronic condition (e.g., psychiatric disorder), which, in the opinion of the investigator, would affect the assessment of the safety or efficacy of the study drug.

  12. Significant kidney and/or liver disease, as defined by plasma creatinine > or = 2.5 mg/dL (221 micromol/l) and/or total bilirubin > 3 mg/dL (51.3 micromol/l) measured at the local site laboratory.

  13. Patients receiving i.v. nimodipine, i.v. nicardipine, or fasudil hydrochloride, must have these drugs discontinued at least 4 hours prior to initiation of the study treatment.

  14. Patients receiving statins for less than 2 weeks prior to admission must have them discontinued prior to study drug initiation.

  15. Patients receiving cyclosporin A or other calcineurin inhibitors (e.g., tacrolimus), or patients for whom it is known at the time of randomization that these medications will be started during the study drug infusion period.

  16. Patients who have received an investigational product within 28 days prior to randomization or those who have already participated in the current study.

  17. Patients unlikely to comply with the protocol (e.g., unable to return for follow-up visits).

  18. Known hypersensitivity to other endothelin receptor antagonists.

  19. Patients with current alcohol or drug abuse or dependence.

    • Further detail on exclusion criterion number 4:

      • "Large territorial infarct" refers to those infarcts detected during the clipping procedure or immediately post-procedure (i.e., CT performed for suspicion of cerebral infarct or other complication). This does not imply having to wait 24-48 hours post-procedure to perform the protocol-mandated CT scan in order to randomize a patient.
      • Evaluation for a new major neurological deficit post-procedure implies the reversal of sedation (or waiting for the patient to recover from sedation) and the performance of a GCS examination (verbal scores in intubated patients may be extrapolated from the eye-opening and motor scores using the values provided in the table included in Section 3.9.1.2.1 of the protocol). In the event of a new major neurological deficit that does not improve within 12 hours after the clipping procedure, the patient cannot be included in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlaceboA continuous intravenous infusion of placebo-matching clazosentan was started within 56 hours post-aSAH and was scheduled to continue during the hospitalization until Day 14 post-aSAH, or at least until Day 10.
ClazosentanClazosentanA continuous intravenous infusion of clazosentan was started within 56 hours post-aSAH and was scheduled to continue during the hospitalization until Day 14 post-aSAH, or at least until Day 10.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cerebral vasospasm-related morbidity and mortality of all-causes as defined by the protocolWithin 6 weeks post-aSAH
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended (GOSE) at Week 12 post-aSAH, dichotomized into good (score > 4) and poor (score ≤ 4) outcome.Week 12 post-aSAH

Trial Locations

Locations (116)

Thechnical University-Klinikum rechts der Isar

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Munich, Germany

State University of New York at Stony Brook-Health Sciences Center

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Stony Brook, New York, United States

University of Cincinnati-Department of Neurosurgery

🇺🇸

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

University Hospitals Case Medical Center-Department of Neurosurgery

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine-Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience

🇺🇸

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

St Michael's Hospital, University

🇨🇦

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Queen Mary Hospital

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong

AKH University of Vienna, Medical University

🇦🇹

Vienna, Austria

All India Insititute of Medicla Sciences (AIIMS)

🇮🇳

New Delhi, India

Medizinsche Universitat

🇦🇹

Innsbruck, Austria

Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost (ZMZ-Ost) Donauspital Vienna

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Vienna, Austria

Landeskrankenhaus und Medizinische Universitat Graz

🇦🇹

Graz, Austria

A. P. Romodanov Institute of Neurosurgery

🇺🇦

Kiev, Ukraine

Vancouver Hospital

🇨🇦

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

University Fur Neurochirurgie, SALK, Christian Doppler Hospital

🇦🇹

Salzburg, Austria

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

🇮🇳

Chandigarh, India

Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences

🇮🇳

Hyderabaad, India

National Neuroscience

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Singapore, Singapore

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates

🇺🇸

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Colorado Neurological Institute

🇺🇸

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Landeskrankenhaus

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Feldkirch, Austria

Massachusetts General Hospital

🇺🇸

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Shanghai Hua Shan Hospital

🇨🇳

Shanghai, China

University of Calgary Foothills Medical Center

🇨🇦

Calgary, Canada

Faculty Hospital/FN Brno Bohunice

🇨🇿

Brno, Czechia

CHUM Notre Dame

🇨🇦

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

University of Alberta Hospital

🇨🇦

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Clinical Hospital "Dubrava"

🇭🇷

Zagreb, Croatia

Clinical Hospital Dubrava

🇭🇷

Zagreb, Croatia

1st Affilated Hospital of Zhongshan

🇨🇳

Guangzhou, China

Na Homolce Hospital Prague

🇨🇿

Prague, Czechia

Wuhan Tongji Hospital

🇨🇳

Wuhan, China

University Hospital Sestre Milosrdnice

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Zagreb, Croatia

Hopital Pellegrin

🇫🇷

Bordeaux, France

Nemocnice Ceske Budejovice

🇨🇿

Ceske Budejovice, Czechia

Klinik und Poliklinik fur Neurochirurgie

🇩🇪

Leipzig, Germany

University Hospital of Hamburg

🇩🇪

Hamburg, Germany

Helsinki University Central Hospital

🇫🇮

Helsinki, Finland

Hopital de la Timone

🇫🇷

Marseille, France

Oulu University Hospital

🇫🇮

Oulu, Finland

Tampere University Central Hospital

🇫🇮

Tampere, Finland

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Careggi

🇮🇹

Firenze, Italy

Riga Eastern Clinical University Hospital

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Riga, Latvia

Kyungpook National University

🇰🇷

DaeGu, Korea, Republic of

Ulleval University Hospital

🇳🇴

Oslo, Norway

Haukeland University Hospital Helse Bergen HF

🇳🇴

Bergen, Norway

Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge

🇳🇴

Tromsö, Norway

Katedra Klinika Neurochirurgii Akademii Medycznej w Gdansku

🇵🇱

Gdansk, Poland

Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach

🇵🇱

Katowice, Poland

Klinika Neurochirurgii AMB-Neurosurgery Clinic of Medical Academy

🇵🇱

Bialystok, Poland

Katedra IKlinika Neurochirurgii Akademii Medycznej w Warszawie Clinic

🇵🇱

Warszawa, Poland

Kathedra I Klinika Neurochirurghii I Neurotraumatologii Collegium Medicum im. L. Rydygiera w Bydgoszc

🇵🇱

Bydgoszcz, Poland

Katedra Neurochirurgii, Uniwersytet

🇵🇱

Lodz, Poland

Katedra I Klinika Neurochirurgii i Dzieciecej

🇵🇱

Lublin, Poland

Geneva University Hospital

🇨🇭

Geneva, Switzerland

Universitatsspital Zurich

🇨🇭

Zurich, Switzerland

Sahlgrenska

🇸🇪

Goteborg, Sweden

Universitätsklinik Bern Klinik für Neurochirurgie

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Kantonsspital St. Gallen

🇨🇭

St Gallen, Switzerland

Kantonsspital Aarau

🇨🇭

Aarau, Switzerland

Universitatsklinik Bern

🇨🇭

Bern, Switzerland

Hopital Neurologique et Neuro-Chirurgical Pierre Wertheimer

🇫🇷

Bron, France

Lund University Hospital

🇸🇪

Lund, Sweden

Columbia University Medical Center

🇺🇸

New York, New York, United States

Ospedale Maurizio Bufalini

🇮🇹

Cesena, Italy

Royal Brisbane Hospital

🇦🇺

Herston, Australia

The Alfred Hospital

🇦🇺

Melbourne, Australia

University of Virginia Health System-Department of Neurosurgery

🇺🇸

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Oregon Health & Science University-Oregon Stroke Center

🇺🇸

Portland, Oregon, United States

Virginia Commonwealth University-Department of Neurosurgery

🇺🇸

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Universite Catholique de

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Brussels, Belgium

Beijing Tian Tan Hospital

🇨🇳

Beijing, China

QEII Health Science Center

🇨🇦

Halifax, Canada

Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto

🇨🇦

Toronto, Canada

XuanWu Hospital Institute of Brain Vascular Disease

🇨🇳

Beijing, China

Guangdong Province Chinese Medicine Hospital

🇨🇳

Guangzhou, China

UVN Prague

🇨🇿

Prague, Czechia

Copenhagen University Hospital

🇩🇰

Copenhagen, Denmark

Odense University Hospital

🇩🇰

Odense, Denmark

Copenhagen Country Hospital

🇩🇰

Glostrup, Denmark

Pole d'Anesthesie Reanimation, CHU D'Angers

🇫🇷

Angers, France

Chu Hopital Gabriel Montpied

🇫🇷

Clermont Ferrand, France

Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin-Neurochirurgische Klinik-CVK

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Berlin, Germany

University of Bonn Medical Center

🇩🇪

Bonn, Germany

University of Erlangen-Nurnberg

🇩🇪

Erlangen, Germany

University Munich Groshadern

🇩🇪

Munich, Germany

Neurochirurggische Universitatsklinik des Heidelberg

🇩🇪

Heidelberg, Germany

Universitatsklinik Frankfurt, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Neurochirurgie

🇩🇪

Frankfurt, Germany

University of Hospital of Essen

🇩🇪

Essen, Germany

University Regensburg

🇩🇪

Regensburg, Germany

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education

🇮🇳

Chandigarh, India

Sahyadri Hospital

🇮🇳

Pune, India

Ospedale Bellaria-Maggiore Hospital

🇮🇹

Bologna, Italy

Sahyadri Specialty Hospital

🇮🇳

Pune, India

Ospedale Niguarda

🇮🇹

Milan, Italy

Nuovo Ospedale Sant' Agostino Estense

🇮🇹

Modena, Italy

Ospedale Civile di Padova

🇮🇹

Padova, Italy

Ospedale Civile Borgo Trento

🇮🇹

Verona, Italy

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di

🇮🇹

Parma, Italy

Daejeon Eulji University Hospital

🇰🇷

Daejeon, Korea, Republic of

Auckland Hospital

🇳🇿

Grafton, New Zealand

Clinical Center Novi Sad

🇷🇸

Novi Sad, Serbia

Scientific Research Institute of Neurosurgery by Burdenko

🇷🇺

Moscow, Russian Federation

Oddzial Kliniczny Kliniki Neurochirurgii i Neurotrumatologii Szpitala, Uniwersyteckiego w Krakowie

🇵🇱

Krakow, Poland

Hospital Del Mar

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Clinical Center Nis

🇷🇸

Nis, Serbia

General Hospital Maribor

🇸🇮

Maribor, Slovenia

Vall d'Hebron Hospital

🇪🇸

Barcelona, Spain

Hospital de Son Dureta

🇪🇸

Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

🇪🇸

Madrid, Spain

Uppsala University Hospital-Uppsala Akademiska Sjukhus

🇸🇪

Uppsala, Sweden

Istanbul Universitesi, Istanbul Tip

🇹🇷

Istanbul, Turkey

Ibn-i Sina Hastanesi Ankara & Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi

🇹🇷

Ankara, Turkey

Ege Universitesi Tip Fak Hestanesi

🇹🇷

Bornova, Turkey

Regional Clinical Hospital by Mechnikov

🇺🇦

Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

Prince of Wales Hospital

🇭🇰

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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