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Efficacy of metoprolol versus clonidine in acute stroke blood pressure and heart rate variability.

Phase 2
Conditions
Health Condition 1: G988- Other disorders of nervous system
Registration Number
CTRI/2024/01/061406
Lead Sponsor
AIIMS Bhubaneswar
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients of age >18yrs.

2. Ischemic & hemorrhagic

3. NIHSS SCORE – 5-20 at the time of admission ,ensuring that stroke is neither mild nor

devastating

4. GCS > 5 at admission

5. Only first episode stroke patients to be included.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Cardioembolic stroke

2. Disability prior to present stroke (prestroke MRS should be < 2)

3. Posterior circulation strokes

4. Undergoing Decompressive craniectomy

5. Venous strokes to be excluded

6. Any contraindications to drugs involved(contraindications to beta blocker –

asthma,chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,previous intolerance to beta blockers)

7. Another clinical need for beta blockers which cannot be met with other drugs.

8. Patients with cardiac rhythm disturbances

9. Pregnancy and lactation

10. Chronic Kidney Disease

11. Hepatic insufficiency

12. Malignancy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction in Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate variability after 7 days of maximum dose <br/ ><br>titration.Timepoint: Reduction in Blood Pressure and Pulse Rate variability after 7 days of maximum dose <br/ ><br>titration.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.A secondary outcome will be Modified Rankin Scale reduction at 1 and 3 months in metoprolol versus clonidine group. <br/ ><br>2.A secondary outcome will be blood pressure and pulse rate varibitlity in hemorrhagic versus ischemic stroke. <br/ ><br>3.A secondary outcome will be blood pressure and pulse rate variability in right sided versus left sided stroke. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1 and 3 months
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