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Association of Osmotic Drugs With Clinical Outcomes in Acute Large Hemispheric Infarction

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Stroke
Interventions
Drug: Osmotic drugs
Registration Number
NCT05914272
Lead Sponsor
Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University
Brief Summary

Stroke remains the second leading cause of death worldwide, with 2%-8% of these being large hemispheric infarction (LHI) with an occupying effect and the worst prognosis. Even with medical and surgical treatment, the mortality of LHI with cerebral edema is as high as 20% to 30%. Current guidelines recommend supportive supervision, osmotic drugs, and decompressive hemicraniectomy (DHC) for the treatment of LHI, but not all patients with LHI are suitable for DHC, and not all of them can afford the high cost of DHC. In the real-world, the use of osmotic drugs is more common than DHC. The guideline recommends using mannitol or hypertonic saline to reduce cerebral edema and tissue displacement in patients with cerebral edema. Mannitol is the most widely used and longest-standing osmotic drug, and since 1965, hypertonic saline has been used to treat intracranial hypertension. Most of the previous studies compare the efficacy of DHC over medical therapy or compare the efficacy of mannitol with hypertonic saline, but there is an absence of clinical data on whether osmotic drug therapy can improve the clinical prognosis of patients with large hemispheric infarction at 90 days or even longer. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the osmotic drug and clinical outcomes in large hemispheric infarction, with the aim of informing clinical decisions.

Detailed Description

Diagnostic criteria for large hemispheric infarction (LHI): CT within 6 hours of onset showing hypointense areas \> 1/3 of the middle cerebral artery territory, or hypointense areas \> 50% of the middle cerebral artery territory within 6 hours to 72h of onset. LHI is strongly associated with severe cerebral edema, which can occur to varying degrees cerebral edema within hours or days of LHI. In recent years, endovascular treatment has significantly improved the revascularization of patients with large vessel occlusive cerebral infarction and reduced the incidence of malignant progression and mortality in patients with acute LHI, but many patients still suffer from malignant brain edema (MBE), which leads to the worsening of the disease.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2592
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age ≥ 18 years
  2. Within 72 hours of onset of the stroke
  3. Meets the diagnostic criteria for acute ischaemic stroke in the "Chinese Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke 2018"
  4. Meeting the diagnostic criteria for massive cerebral infarction in the "Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Massive Cerebral Infarction": CT within 6 hours of onset showing hypointense areas > 1/3 of the middle cerebral artery territory, or > 50% of the middle cerebral artery territory within 6 hours to 72 hours of onset;
  5. The patient consented and signed an informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding;
  2. in combination with other serious comorbidities resulting in a life expectancy of less than 3 months
  3. Those who are allergic or intolerant to osmotic drugs;
  4. Those who have participated in other interventional clinical studies (which affecting the observation of outcomes in this cohort);
  5. Those with a previous history of stroke and significant residual neurological disability (mRS ≥ 2 points)
  6. Those who, in the judgment of the investigator, are not suitable for participation in this study

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
control groupOsmotic drugsPatient has not used osmotic drugs within 72 hours of admission.
trement groupOsmotic drugsPatient has used osmotic drugs within 72 hours of admission.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
90-day mortality90 days after onset

Mortality within 90 days after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Incidence of acute renal impairmentone year after onset

Incidence of acute renal impairment after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of need for decompressive hemicraniectomyup to 24 hours

Incidence of need for decompressive hemicraniectomy after onset

The actual incidence of decompressive hemicraniectomyup to 24 hours

The actual incidence of decompressive hemicraniectomy after onset

Incidence of Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhageup to 24 hours

Incidence of Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage within 1 year after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Incidence of drug-related adverse eventsup to 24 hours

Incidence of adverse events due to drugs within 1 year after the onset of large hemispheric infarction in patients who met the inclusion criteria

90-day mRS90 days after onset

Modified Rankin Scale score within 90 days after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

90-day mRS score change90 days after onset

Modified Rankin Scale score change within 90 days after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

one year mRS1 year after onset

Modified Rankin Scale score within 1 year after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Incidence of early neurological deterioration30 days after onset

Incidence of early neurological deterioration within 30 days after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Incidence of malignant cerebral edema1 year after onset

Incidence of malignant cerebral edema within 1 year after onset in patients with large hemispheric infarction who were eligible for inclusion criteria

Clinical correction rate of brain herniation before decompressive hemicraniectomyUp to 3 days

Clinical correction rate of brain herniation before decompressive hemicraniectomy

Trial Locations

Locations (19)

Dongguan People's Hospital

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Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Hainan Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital

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Haikou, Hainan, China

The First Hospital of Changsha

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Changsha, Hunan, China

Ganzhou City People's Hospital

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Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University

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Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University

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Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

Hainan People's Hospital

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Haikou, Hainan, China

Dongguan donghua hospital

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Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Fujian Medical University Union Hospital

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Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Huadu District People's Hospital of Guangzhou

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Huizhou Municipal Central Hospital

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Huizhou, Guangdong, China

Heyuan people's Hospital

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Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Haikou People's Hospital

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Haikou, Hainan, China

The Second Hospital University of South China

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Hengyang, Hunan, China

Sinopharm North Hospital

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Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China

Yueyang People's Hospital

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Yueyang, Hunan, China

Kashgar 1st People's Hospital

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Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

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