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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, AneurysmalPhase 4NCT03377049

Acetazolamide Challenge With Perfusion in the Prediction of Cerebral Vasospasm

A Phase 4 study testing Acetazolamide in people with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Aneurysmal and Vasospasm, Cerebral, run by University of Wisconsin, Madison at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The investigators propose a technique using cone beam CT perfusion (CBCTP) imaging with an acetazolamide challenge as a potential diagnostic tool to detect a defect in cerebral autoregulation at a time when it has not yet caused clinically apparent signs or symptoms. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Acetazolamide
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
11 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
28 Jul 2019to 15 Jul 2022
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage presenting to our institution within 24 hours of symptom onset
  • Adults, 18 years of age or older
  • Women of childbearing potential must not be pregnant (negative urine pregnancy test)

Who cannot join

  • Contraindication to acetazolamide (i.e. sulfonamide allergy, renal or liver failure)
  • Contraindication to contrast media (Allergy or abnormal serum Cr and/or GFR based on current UW guidelines for IV contrast)
  • Renal insufficiency, history of renal failure or renal transplant
  • Hunt and Hess grade 1 and 5 (Attached protocol provides details on the grading scale. Grade 1 have lowest yield for vasospasm and Grade 5 are by definition critically ill and unstable patients)
  • Critically ill patients who are unstable and who cannot undergo scans within the proposed timeline i.e. within 24 hours of the onset of their symptoms.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792

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About this study

Official title: C-arm Cone Beam CTA and CTP With Acetazolamide Challenge in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Evaluating Predictability for Early Ischemia in Cerebral Vasospasm

The investigators propose a technique using cone beam CT perfusion (CBCTP) imaging with an acetazolamide challenge as a potential diagnostic tool to detect a defect in cerebral autoregulation at a time when it has not yet caused clinically apparent signs or symptoms. 30 participants will be enrolled at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and can expect to be on study for about 2 weeks.

Read the detailed description

Acetazolamide or vasodilatory challenge should identify subjects having a abnormal cerebrovascular reactivity capacity. More specifically, after receiving the drug there will not be the expected increase in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in some of the subjects because they are already suffering from a disturbance in the vasculature's ability to respond to the signal for vasodilation. The investigators believe the presence of this deficit will be helpful in identifying patients who are at risk for potential brain ischemia due to this decreased capacity to autoregulate if/when clinically significant vasospasm occurs. The investigators predict that acetazolamide-activated regional cerebral blood flow studies will be more sensitive in the detection of mild cerebral vasospasm and will not just detect changes in cerebral blood flow as does standard perfusion imaging, but will provide information regarding changes in cerebrovascular reactivity. Under these circumstances, a better predictor of those patients at risk of cerebral infarction due to delayed vasospasm would be delineated. Identifying this "high-risk cohort" prior to the onset of clinically apparent symptoms would result in the institution of preventative measures such as triple H therapy.

The objective of this proposal is to conduct a feasibility study of acetazolamide activated C-arm cone beam CT perfusion (CBCTP) to determine its application in the prediction of symptomatic cerebral vasospasm (i.e. ischemia or stroke) in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The initial plan is to obtain C-arm CBCTP pre- and post-intravenous infusion of 1g acetazolamide within 24 hours of symptom onset in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. The hypothesis is that some of these patients that will later develop clinical vasospasm of a degree sufficient to cause cerebral ischemia. The investigators believe this cohort of patients will demonstrate altered cerebrovascular reactivity during the acetazolamide challenge at a time before there is either angiographic evidence of vasospasm or clinical evidence of abnormal perfusion.

Being tested
Acetazolamide
Keywords
acetazolamide challenge, cerebral vasospasm, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Medical subject headings
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Vasospasm, Intracranial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • AcetazolamideDrug

    Also called Diamox

    1 g acetazolamide through a peripheral IV line

Study groups in NCT03377049
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Acetazolamide ChallengeExperimentalParticipants entered into the study as a cohort, will because of their participation, undergo only two additional digital subtraction angiogram (DSA) imaging acquisitions. These will be done in conjunction with their standard diagnostic DSA evaluation and consist of two CBCTPs, one before and one after administration of 1 g acetazolamide through a peripheral IV line. Each CBCTP will require administration of 75-100 mL iodinated contrast medium also through an intravenous line. Neither of these imaging studies will be used for clinical decision making, but would be processed and evaluated at later date for a formal analysis of the results. Following completion of diagnostic imaging subjects will receive the usual standard of care for treatment of their ruptured aneurysm i.e. endovascular embolization or open surgical clipping.
Receives: Drug: Acetazolamide

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Number of Participants Who Develop Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm

    Clinical neurological deterioration not attributable to other causes, mores specifically not due to re-bleeding, hydrocephalus, or metabolic changes.

    Measured: Day 1-14 during the hospitalization

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Relative Percent Change in Cerebral Blood Flow

    The data that will be statistically compared is the pre-diamox perfusion in comparison to the post-diamox perfusion. A statistically significant change increase in CBF represents an appropriate response to Diamox. Lack of change in CBF or decrease in CBF could be suggestive of potential for developing vasospasm.

    Measured: pre and post perfusion during imaging procedure, up to an hour

  2. Percent Change in Left Hemisphere Brain Imaging Maps

    Using perfusion map values, relative percent change will be calculated

    Measured: pre and post perfusion during imaging procedure, up to an hour

  3. Percent Change in Right Hemisphere Brain Imaging Maps

    Using perfusion map values, relative percent change will be calculated

    Measured: pre and post perfusion during imaging procedure, up to an hour

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted19 Dec 2017
  2. Study start28 Jul 2019
  3. Primary completion15 Jul 2022
  4. Study completion15 Jul 2022

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
11 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03377049
Sponsor's protocol ID
2017-1510
Other IDs
SMPH/NEURO SURG/NEURO SURG, A535700, Protocol Version 4/28/2020
Status last verified
Jul 2023
First submitted
13 Dec 2017
Last updated
27 Jul 2023
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Shinoda J, Kimura T, Funakoshi T, Araki Y, Imao Y. Acetazolamide reactivity on cerebral blood flow in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1991;109(3-4):102-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01403003.

    PubMed 1858527
  • Tanaka A, Yoshinaga S, Nakayama Y, Tomonaga M. Cerebral blood flow and the response to acetazolamide during the acute, subacute, and chronic stages of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1998 Oct;38(10):623-30; discussion 630-2. doi: 10.2176/nmc.38.623.

    PubMed 9861845
  • Lee KH, Lukovits T, Friedman JA. "Triple-H" therapy for cerebral vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2006;4(1):68-76. doi: 10.1385/NCC:4:1:068.

    PubMed 16498198
  • Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Benjamin EJ, Berry JD, Borden WB, Bravata DM, Dai S, Ford ES, Fox CS, Fullerton HJ, Gillespie C, Hailpern SM, Heit JA, Howard VJ, Kissela BM, Kittner SJ, Lackland DT, Lichtman JH, Lisabeth LD, Makuc DM, Marcus GM, Marelli A, Matchar DB, Moy CS, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino ME, Nichol G, Paynter NP, Soliman EZ, Sorlie PD, Sotoodehnia N, Turan TN, Virani SS, Wong ND, Woo D, Turner MB; American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2012 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012 Jan 3;125(1):e2-e220. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31823ac046. Epub 2011 Dec 15. No abstract available.

    PubMed 22179539
  • Sullivan HG, Kingsbury TB 4th, Morgan ME, Jeffcoat RD, Allison JD, Goode JJ, McDonnell DE. The rCBF response to Diamox in normal subjects and cerebrovascular disease patients. J Neurosurg. 1987 Oct;67(4):525-34. doi: 10.3171/jns.1987.67.4.0525.

    PubMed 3655890
  • Hinson JS, Ehmann MR, Fine DM, Fishman EK, Toerper MF, Rothman RE, Klein EY. Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Intravenous Contrast Media Administration. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 May;69(5):577-586.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.021. Epub 2017 Jan 25.

    PubMed 28131489
  • Hauge A, Nicolaysen G, Thoresen M. Acute effects of acetazolamide on cerebral blood flow in man. Acta Physiol Scand. 1983 Feb;117(2):233-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1983.tb07202.x.

    PubMed 6869033
  • Kimura T, Shinoda J, Funakoshi T. Prediction of cerebral infarction due to vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage using acetazolamide-activated 123I-IMP SPECT. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1993;123(3-4):125-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01401867.

    PubMed 8237489
  • Bruce RJ, Djamali A, Shinki K, Michel SJ, Fine JP, Pozniak MA. Background fluctuation of kidney function versus contrast-induced nephrotoxicity. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2009 Mar;192(3):711-8. doi: 10.2214/AJR.08.1413.

    PubMed 19234268

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Acetazolamide in people with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Aneurysmal and Vasospasm, Cerebral, run by University of Wisconsin, Madison at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Jul 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 27 Jul 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Number of Participants Who Develop Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm (time frame: Day 1-14 during the hospitalization). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03377049, which also lists 9 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Jul 2023.

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