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Study NCT ID:
NCT06561867
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-08-20
First Post:
2024-08-16
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
False
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Ticagrelor Versus Cilostazol in Ischemic Stroke
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We prepared Sequentially numbered opaque sealed envelopes and 900 labels for each drug labeled Drug A or B. According to the randomization chart, put them into envelopes numbered 1 to 900. Envelopes were attached to the patient's files. Patients were recruited sequentially and were given enrollment numbers starting from 1, which were mentioned in their files. Files with the same number as the patient enrolment number were opened, and the patients were assigned to receive drugs A or B. Drug A included ticagrelor, and Drug B included cilostazol. The statistical analysis was performed by an independent statistician who did not know the treatment protocol of groups A or B."}, 'primaryPurpose': 'TREATMENT', 'interventionModel': 'PARALLEL', 'interventionModelDescription': 'The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial containing 2 arms; the ticagrelor arm will receive (a 180 mg loading dose during the first 24 hours of stroke onset, followed by 90 mg twice daily from the 2nd to the 90th day). The cilostazol arm will receive (a 200mg loading dose during the first 24 hours of stroke onset, followed by 100 mg twice daily from the 2nd to the 90th day).'}, 'enrollmentInfo': {'type': 'ESTIMATED', 'count': 900}}, 'statusModule': {'overallStatus': 'RECRUITING', 'startDateStruct': {'date': '2024-08-30', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}, 'expandedAccessInfo': {'hasExpandedAccess': False}, 'statusVerifiedDate': '2024-08', 'completionDateStruct': {'date': '2025-12-20', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}, 'lastUpdateSubmitDate': '2024-08-16', 'studyFirstSubmitDate': '2024-08-16', 'studyFirstSubmitQcDate': '2024-08-16', 'lastUpdatePostDateStruct': {'date': '2024-08-20', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'studyFirstPostDateStruct': {'date': '2024-08-20', 'type': 'ACTUAL'}, 'primaryCompletionDateStruct': {'date': '2025-11-30', 'type': 'ESTIMATED'}}, 'outcomesModule': {'primaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'rate of new stroke', 'timeFrame': '90 days', 'description': 'Rates of new stroke occur within three months of treatment. The investigators will perform follow-ups of the patient during visits to the outpatient clinic, and brain CT and/ or MRI will be done if there is suspicion of new stroke.'}, {'measure': 'Rate of drug-related hemorrhagic complications', 'timeFrame': '90 days', 'description': 'the rate of drug hemorrhagic complications which was evaluated using the PLATO bleeding definition which classified hemorrhagic complications into three types as follows: Major bleeding which had one or more of the following criteria: fatal bleeding, intracranial, intrapericardial, bleeding associated with reduction of hemoglobin \\> 3-5 g/dl, bleeding required transfusion of two to four units whole blood or PRBCs, bleeding produced hypovolemic shock or severe hypotension that required pressor or surgery; Minor bleeding that required medical intervention to stop or treat bleeding: Minimal bleeding: any bleeding that did not require intervention or treatment such as bruising, bleeding gums, oozing from injection sites.'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'Value of Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at one week', 'timeFrame': '7 days', 'description': 'mRS Measures the degree of disability or dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability; its value ranges from 0 to 6; the lower the score, the better the stroke outcome. A favorable stroke outcome is considered with mRS value equals two or less'}, {'measure': 'value of Modified Rankin Scale(mRS) at three months', 'timeFrame': '3 months', 'description': 'rmRS Measures the degree of disability or dependence in the daily activities of people who have suffered a stroke or other causes of neurological disability; its value ranges from 0 to 6; the lower the score, the better the stroke outcome. A favorable stroke outcome is considered with mRS value equal to two or less.'}, {'measure': 'rate of composite recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction, and death due to vascular events', 'timeFrame': '3 months', 'description': 'Rates of new stroke, TIA, myocardial infarction, or death from vascular events within three months of treatment, the investigators will perform follow-ups of the patient during visits to the outpatient clinic and perform needed investigations such as brain imaging, Electrocardiography, arterial and venous duplex ultrasound imaging'}, {'measure': 'rate of drug adverse effects', 'timeFrame': '3 months', 'description': 'Drug adverse effects: all side effects related to the drugs of our study will be reported'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'isUsExport': True, 'oversightHasDmc': False, 'isFdaRegulatedDrug': True, 'isFdaRegulatedDevice': False}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['ticagrelor', 'cilostazole', 'moderate stroke'], 'conditions': ['Ischemic Stroke']}, 'referencesModule': {'references': [{'pmid': '31867054', 'type': 'RESULT', 'citation': 'Paciaroni M, Ince B, Hu B, Jeng JS, Kutluk K, Liu L, Lou M, Parfenov V, Wong KSL, Zamani B, Paek D, Min Han J, Del Aguila M, Girotra S. Benefits and Risks of Clopidogrel vs. Aspirin Monotherapy after Recent Ischemic Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Cardiovasc Ther. 2019 Dec 1;2019:1607181. doi: 10.1155/2019/1607181. eCollection 2019.'}, {'pmid': '2375765', 'type': 'RESULT', 'citation': 'Gachet C, Stierle A, Cazenave JP, Ohlmann P, Lanza F, Bouloux C, Maffrand JP. The thienopyridine PCR 4099 selectively inhibits ADP-induced platelet aggregation and fibrinogen binding without modifying the membrane glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex in rat and in man. Biochem Pharmacol. 1990 Jul 15;40(2):229-38. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(90)90683-c.'}]}, 'descriptionModule': {'briefSummary': 'Along with the current clinical trial, the efficacy and safety of a 180 mg loading dose of ticagrelor administered within 24 hours of the first-ever moderate and moderate to severe ischemic stroke compared to 200 mg cilostazol were assessed through NIHSS, mRS, and possible adverse effects.', 'detailedDescription': 'The investigators conducted a single-blinded randomized controlled trial after the ethics committee of the faculty of medicine at Kafr el-Sheik University approved it.\n\nThe investigators got written informed consent from all eligible patients or their first order of kin before randomization.\n\nThe study will be composed of 2 arms ticagrelor arm, which consisted of 450 patients who received a 180mg loading dose followed by 90 mg twice daily from the 2nd to the 90th day), and the cilostazol arm, consisting of 450 patients who received (a 200 mg loading dose during the first 24 hours of stroke onset followed by 100 mg twice daily from the 2nd day to the 90th day),\n\nStudy Procedures:\n\nEvery patient in our study will undergo:\n\nclinical workup: History, clinical assessment \\& NIHSS were recorded on admission, day 7, and the Modified Rankin Scale as a follow-up after one week and 3 months.\n\nDetection of Risk Factors \\& Profiles:\n\nEchocardiography TTE: in indicated patients ECG Monitoring: daily ECG monitoring will be performed in indicated patients. 3- Carotid Duplex: carotid duplex in indicated patients.\n\n4- ESR \\& Lipid Profile\\& liver functions: All will be tested routinely for all patients.\n\nImaging Follow-UP Non-contrast CT brain on admission Day 2 MRI: after 2 days of admission, all the patients in this study will have a brain MRI (stroke protocol; T1W, T2W, FLAIR, DWI, T2 Echo Gradient, MRA of all intra-cerebral vessels).\n\nCT brain: Any patient with unexplained clinical deterioration at any time throughout his/her hospital stay will be urgently imaged by CT.\n\nPrimary End Point:\n\nThe primary efficacy outcome was the rate of new stroke at 90 days, and the primary safety outcome was the rate of drug hemorrhagic complications using the PLATO bleeding definition.\n\n• Secondary End Point: The secondary efficacy outcomes were to evaluate the rates of patients who achieved a significant reduction in NIHSS (decrease of four points or more) at the seventh day or discharge compared to baseline, the rates of a favorable outcome with (mRS = 0-2) after one week and after 90 days in a face-to-face interview in the outpatient clinic, rates of a composite of recurrent stroke, myocardial infarction and death due to vascular events after 90 days of follow-up, while the secondary safety outcome was the rate of treatment-related adverse effects assessed by a follow-up questionnaire'}, 'eligibilityModule': {'sex': 'ALL', 'stdAges': ['ADULT', 'OLDER_ADULT'], 'maximumAge': '75 Years', 'minimumAge': '18 Years', 'healthyVolunteers': False, 'eligibilityCriteria': 'Inclusion Criteria:\n\n* the investigators included both genders with eligible ages ranging between 18-75 years, with the first-ever presentation with moderate or moderate-to-severe ischemic stroke who received antiplatelet treatment within the first 24 hours of the onset of ischemic stroke. Patients with previous transient ischemic attacks (TIA) were not excluded from the study. Patients are not eligible for rt-PA treatment\n\nExclusion Criteria:\n\n* The investigators excluded patients who had not been followed up on for 90 days after enrollment, those with NIHSS ≤ 4 or ≥ 25 or who had rapidly resolving symptoms before imaging results, and patients with a known history of persistent or recurrent CNS pathology (e.g., epilepsy, meningioma, multiple sclerosis, history of head trauma with a residual neurological deficit).\n\nThe investigators excluded patients who had clinical seizures at the onset of their stroke, as well as those who had symptoms of any major organ failure, active malignancies, or an acute myocardial infarction within the previous six weeks, and those who were on warfarin, regular ticagrelor during the week before admission, or chemotherapy within the previous year.\n\nThe investigators excluded patients with active peptic ulcers, GIT surgery, bleeding history within the last year, and those with a history of major surgery within the last three months.\n\nThe investigators ruled out of our trial patients who had a known allergy to the study drugs and those with INR \\> 1.4 or P.T. \\>18 or blood glucose level \\< 50 or \\> 400 mg/DL or blood pressure \\< 90/60 or \\> 185/110 mmHg on admission or Platelets \\< 100,000.\n\nThe investigators excluded pregnant and lactating patients and those with stroke due to venous thrombosis and stroke following cardiac arrest or profuse hypotension ineligible for our trial.\n\nPatients with contraindications to the study drugs were excluded.'}, 'identificationModule': {'nctId': 'NCT06561867', 'briefTitle': 'Ticagrelor Versus Cilostazol in Ischemic Stroke', 'organization': {'class': 'OTHER', 'fullName': 'Kafrelsheikh University'}, 'officialTitle': 'Ticagrelor Versus Cilostazol in Moderate and Moderate-to-severe Ischemic Stroke, a Randomized Controlled Trial', 'orgStudyIdInfo': {'id': '010119'}}, 'armsInterventionsModule': {'armGroups': [{'type': 'ACTIVE_COMPARATOR', 'label': 'Ticagrelor arm', 'description': 'The ticagrelor arm will receive (a 180mg loading dose during the first 24 hours of stroke onset, followed by 90 mg twice daily from the 2nd to the 90th day)', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Ticagrelor 90 MG']}, {'type': 'ACTIVE_COMPARATOR', 'label': 'cilostazol arm', 'description': 'The cilostazol arm will receive (a 200 mg loading dose during the first 24 hours of stroke onset, followed by 100 mg twice daily from the 2nd day to the 90th day)', 'interventionNames': ['Drug: Cilostazol 100 MG']}], 'interventions': [{'name': 'Ticagrelor 90 MG', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['group A'], 'description': 'Efficacy and safety of a 180 mg loading dose of ticagrelor administered within 24 hours of first-ever ischemic stroke followed by 90 mg twice daily for 3 months will be assessed through NIHSS, mRS, duration of hospital stay, new ischemic stroke, and possible adverse effects', 'armGroupLabels': ['Ticagrelor arm']}, {'name': 'Cilostazol 100 MG', 'type': 'DRUG', 'otherNames': ['group B'], 'description': 'Efficacy and safety of 200 mg clopidogrel followed by 100 mg twice daily for 3 months will be assessed through NIHSS, mRS, duration of hospital stay, new ischemic stroke, and possible adverse effects.', 'armGroupLabels': ['cilostazol arm']}]}, 'contactsLocationsModule': {'locations': [{'zip': '33511', 'city': 'Kafr ash Shaykh', 'status': 'RECRUITING', 'country': 'Egypt', 'contacts': [{'name': 'mohamed G. Zeinhom, MD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'mohamed_gomaa@med.kfs.edu.eg', 'phone': '2001009606828'}, {'name': 'sherihan R. ahmed, MD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'sherihan_rezq@med.kfs.edu.eg', 'phone': '2001007481842'}], 'facility': 'Kafr Elsheikh University Hospital', 'geoPoint': {'lat': 31.11174, 'lon': 30.93991}}], 'centralContacts': [{'name': 'mohamed G. Zeinhom, MD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'mohamed_gomaa@med.kfs.edu.eg', 'phone': '2001009606828'}, {'name': 'sherihan R. ahmed, MD', 'role': 'CONTACT', 'email': 'sherihan_rezq@med.kfs.edu.eg', 'phone': '2001113432342'}], 'overallOfficials': [{'name': 'mohamed G. Zeinhom, MD', 'role': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'affiliation': 'neurology department kafr el-sheikh university'}]}, 'ipdSharingStatementModule': {'ipdSharing': 'NO', 'description': 'All the data that support the findings of this research will be available from the corresponding author M. Zeinhom upon reasonable request.'}, 'sponsorCollaboratorsModule': {'leadSponsor': {'name': 'Kafrelsheikh University', 'class': 'OTHER'}, 'responsibleParty': {'type': 'PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR', 'investigatorTitle': 'principal investigator', 'investigatorFullName': 'Mohamed G. zeinhom, MD', 'investigatorAffiliation': 'Kafrelsheikh University'}}}}