Cerebral Autoregulation Guiding Blood Pressure Management After Revascularization

Ischemic Stroke Clinical Trial

— RESCUE-CA  

Official title:

Cerebral Hemodynamic Management Based on Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients After Endovascular Treatment: a Multicenter, Open-label, Randomized Control Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05670028
• Other study ID #: RESCUE-CA
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: June 4, 2023
• Est. completion date: June 4, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Beijing Tiantan Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This clinical trial aims to learn whether blood pressure (BP) guided by individualized cerebral autoregulation (CA) is safe and provides a better prognosis than a fixed target in patients with ischemic stroke after endovascular therapy. The BP of participants will be managed at least 48 hours after revascularization. Researchers will compare the CA-guided BP group with the fixed target BP group to mainly see if individualized BP could help more patients to have their neurological function improved at seven days.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: June 4, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Acute ischemic stroke, undergone endovascular treatment within 24 hours of onset (time of stroke is the last known normal for wake-up stroke or with unknown onset time), with reaching the goal of mTICI grade 2b-3

• No functional disability before stroke (mRS 0-1)

• Angiography (CTA, MRA or DSA) before endovascular therapy confirmed occlusion of the internal carotid artery and/or the middle cerebral artery M1 to M2 segment, with consistent clinical symptoms.

• Informed consent is given by the patient or the legal representative.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Hemorrhagic transformation with mass effect (PH-2 type parenchymal hematoma) occurs during the operation.

• Coma, dilated pupils on one or both sides, dull or absent light reflex is noticed before randomization

• Dissection of aorta, common carotid artery, internal carotid artery, subclavian artery, intracranial artery; severe bilateral subclavian artery stenosis; contraindications of radial artery puncture were found before or during surgery.

• Shock.

• Severe cardiomyopathy with heart failure (EGFR = 30% or NYHA Grade IV), acute myocardial infarction, or unstable angina.

• Possible infective endocarditis, infective embolism, or vasculitis.

• Participating in other clinical research involving drug or device intervention after endovascular therapy.

• Women who plan or are pregnant, or breastfeeding.

• Severe liver or kidney disease, malignant tumor with a life expectancy is less than 3 months.

• The 90-day follow-up is not expected to be completed.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Blood Pressure
• Cerebral Autoregulation
• Cerebrovascular Disorders
• Cerebrovascular Insufficiency
• Hemorrhagic Transformation Due to Acute Stroke
• Ischemia
• Ischemic Stroke
• Revascularization
• Stroke

Intervention

Drug:
• Hypotensive Drugs and/or Vasoactive Drugs
To manipulate the blood pressure within a certain range with hypotensive drugs (e.g. nifedipine, benidipine, captopril, benazepril, irbesartan, labetalol, urapidil) and/or vasoactive drugs (noradrenaline or dopamine).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beijing Tiantan Hospital

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	(Safety outcome) Symptomatic hemorrhagic transformation	Hemorrhagic transformation graded PH-2 (ECASS) with an increase of NIHSS score = 4 compared to baseline	Within 48 hours after endovascular therapy (or on the discharge if less than 48 hr)
Other	(Safety outcome) All-cause death	All causes of death during the follow-up	Within 90 days after endovascular therapy
Primary	Early neurological recovery	the NIHSS score decreased by = 4 from the preoperative baseline	Seven days after endovascular therapy (or on the discharge if less than seven days)
Secondary	The proportion of functional independence with modified Rankin Scale scores 0-2	The Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a disability scale with possible scores ranging from 0 (no residual symptoms) to 6 (dead).	90 days after endovascular therapy
Secondary	Distribution of modified Rankin Scale scores ranging from 0-6	To compare the difference in the distribution of mRS scores. The Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) is a disability scale with possible scores ranging from 0 (no residual symptoms) to 6 (dead).	90 days after endovascular therapy
Secondary	Infarct volume growth	The infarct volume at the preoperative baseline is defined as the area with rCBF<30% or ADC<620mm×10^-6mm^2/s via RAPID software and that at seven days is measured manually on brain CT.	Seven days after endovascular therapy (or on the discharge if less than seven days)