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Deferoxamine and Xingnaojing Injection Treatment in Intracerebral Hemorrhage

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of deferoxamine and Xingnaojing injection in Intracerebral Hemorrhage, sponsored by Capital Medical University. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-05-18.

Sponsored by Capital Medical University · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
180
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The main purpose of this study is to determine whether deferoxamine and xingnaojing injection is effective and safe as a treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Research shows that more than 1/3 of patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage in the first 24 hours will be expanding hematoma. The treatment of acute cerebral hemorrhage has two main targets: prevention of hematoma enlargement in primary brain damage; Reduce hematoma secondary brain damage caused by blood toxicity degradation products. At present, the curative effect of drug treatment of acute cerebral hemorrhage remains limited, using drug therapy to treat hematoma caused by blood toxicity degradation products secondary brain damage, is one of the main current international research direction and hotspot. Recent studies have found that iron overload in cells in acute cerebral hemorrhage stove weeks edema secondary lesion plays a very important role. Acute cerebral hemorrhage animal model research and small sample clinical study has shown that the iron chelator deferoxamine has good curative effect and security. Currently ongoing international HI-DEF test plans to assess the efficacy and safety of high-dose deferoxamine treatment within 24 h of patients with acute cerebral hemorrhage.

Basic research shows Xingnaojing injection can inhibit inflammatory reaction, scavenging free radicals, relieve acute cerebral hemorrhage hematoma surrounding edema and has a variety of brain protection mechanism. The current study builds on these results to assess the potential utility of deferoxamine and Xingnaojing injection as a therapeutic intervention in ICH.

This is a prospective, multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-armed clinical study to test the safety and effectiveness of deferoxamine and Xingnaojing injection treatment in intracerebral hemorrhage. The investigators will randomize 180 subjects with ICH equally (1:1:1) to either DFO at 40mg/kg/day (up to a maximum daily dose of 6000 mg/day), or Xingnaojing injection, or saline placebo, given by continuous IV infusion for 5 consecutive days. Treatment will be initiated within 12 hours after ICH symptom onset.

The main objectives are:

  1. Examining the effects of DFO and Xingnaojing injection on peri-hematoma edema (PHE) volume progression between baseline and post-treatment CT/MRI scans and the residual cavity volume at 90 days.
  2. Obtaining data on the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) to explore the effects of treatment on neurological functions.
  3. Examining the effects of DFO and Xingnaojing injection on biomarkers of acute cerebral hemorrhage such as ferritin, interleukin - 6, matrix metalloproteinase 9, tumor necrosis factor alpha and so on.
  4. Study the traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)curative effect evaluation of the roles of different treatment methods on secondary damage after ICH.

Secondary and exploratory objectives include:

  1. Exploring whether the effect of DFO on outcome is dependent on initial ICH volume, after adjusting for other prognostic variables, to determine if specific limits for ICH volume should be specified as exclusion/inclusion criteria for future studies.
  2. Exploring the differences between early (≤12h) and late (>12-24h) OTT windows in DFO treatment effect on functional outcome.

Exploratory study shows that iron chelator deferoxamine is effective and safe in the treatment of acute cerebral hemorrhage. We choose within 12 hours as the treatment time window, different from within 24 hours in the current international ongoing HI-DEF test. In theory, the earlier, the better curative effect. So this experiment is more likely to get a better curative effect. Xingnaojing injection is widely used in clinical in china, but lack of rigorous randomized controlled trial to prove its brain protection effect currently. Successful completion of this study will provide a crucial, reliable experimental evidence for a new treatment for acute cerebral hemorrhage. ICH is one of main causes of disability and death. A successful study demonstrating the efficacy of DFO and xingnaojing injection would be of considerable public health significance.

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Conditions studied

  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Keywords

  • Brain hemorrhage
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage
  • Deferoxamine
  • Xingnaojing injection
  • Hematoma edema
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In context

Cerebral Hemorrhage

476 studies on the registry are indexed under Cerebral Hemorrhage; 181 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 180 is above the median of 100 across 287 interventional studies indexed under Cerebral Hemorrhage.

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Lead sponsor

Capital Medical University is the lead sponsor of 283 studies on the registry; 92 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 80 years
  2. The diagnosis of ICH is confirmed by brain CT scan
  3. NIHSS score ≥ 6 and GCS > 6 upon presentation
  4. The first dose of the study drug can be administered within 12h of ICH symptom onset
  5. Functional independence prior to ICH, defined as pre-ICH mRS ≤ 1
  6. Signed and dated informed consent is obtained.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Known hypersensitivity to deferoxamine or xingnaojing injection
  2. Known severe iron deficiency anemia (defined as hemoglobin concentration \< 7g/dL or requiring blood transfusions)
  3. Abnormal renal function, defined as serum creatinine > 2 mg/dL
  4. Planned surgical evacuation of ICH prior to administration of study drug
  5. Suspected secondary ICH related to tumour, ruptured aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation, hemorrhagic transformation of an ischemic infarct, or venous sinus thrombosis
  6. Infratentorial hemorrhage
  7. Irreversibly impaired brainstem function (bilateral fixed and dilated pupils and extensor motor posturing)
  8. Complete unconsciousness, defined as a score of 3 on item 1a of the NIHSS (Responds only with reflex motor or autonomic effects or totally unresponsive, and flaccid)
  9. Pre-existing disability, defined as pre-ICH mRS ≥ 2
  10. Coagulopathy - defined as elevated aPTT or INR >1.3 upon presentation; concurrent use of direct thrombin inhibitors (such as dabigatran), direct factor Xa inhibitors (such as rivaroxaban), or low-molecular-weight heparin
  11. Taking iron supplements containing ≥ 325 mg of ferrous iron
  12. Patients with heart failure taking > 500 mg of vitamin C daily
  13. Known severe hearing loss
  14. Known pregnancy, or positive pregnancy test, or breastfeeding
  15. Patients known or suspected of not being able to comply with the study protocol due to alcoholism, drug dependency, noncompliance, living in another state or any other cause
  16. Life expectancy of less than 90 days due to comorbid conditions
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
180 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Deferoxamine

    Deferoxamine mesylate supplied in vials containing 500 mg of sterile, lyophilized, powdered deferoxamine mesylate. The drug will be reconstituted for injection, by dissolving in 20 ml of sterile water.

    Drug: deferoxamine

  • Active comparator
    Xingnaojing injection

    Xingnaojing injection supplied in vials containing 20 ml liquid xingnaojing.

    Drug: Xingnaojing injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Normal Saline

    0.9% sodium chloride

    Drug: Normal saline

Interventions

  • Drugdeferoxamine

    Deferoxamine mesylate(40 mg/kg/day up to a maximum daily dose of 6000 mg/day) given by a continuous IV infusion for 5 consecutive days beginning within 12 hours of ICH symptom onset.

    Also known as: Deferoxamine Mesylate

  • DrugXingnaojing injection

    Xingnaojing injection (20 ml/day) given by a continuous IV infusion for 5 consecutive days beginning within 12 hours of ICH symptom onset.

  • DrugNormal saline

    This is a placebo. Normal saline will be given by a continuous IV infusion for 5 consecutive days beginning within 12 hours of ICH symptom onset.

    Also known as: 0.90% Sodium Chloride Solution

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Numbers of patients with the perihematomal edema (PHE) volume variation.

    decreases of more than 20% from initial PHE volumes were defined as "decreased" PHE volume; increases of more than 20% from initial PHE volumes were defined as "increased" PHE volume; changes between -20% and 20% were defined as "unchanged".

    Time frame: 7 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. The residual cavity volume

    the variation of residual cavity volume of

    Time frame: 90 days

  2. The variation of the mRS score and the Bathel Index

    the variation of mRS score and Bathel Index of different treated subjects from ICH onset to treatment time windows.

    Time frame: 90 days

  3. mortality

    the mortality of different treated subjects from ICH onset to treatment time windows.

    Time frame: 90 days

  4. Frequency of Treatment-related Adverse Events

    The safety endpoints will include all DFO-related adverse events until day-7 or discharge (whichever is earlier), and DFO-related SAEs and through day-90.

    Time frame: 90 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Department of Neurology,Beijing Shijitan Hospital,Capital Medical University
    Beijing, 100038, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Okauchi M, Hua Y, Keep RF, Morgenstern LB, Schallert T, Xi G. Deferoxamine treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage in aged rats: therapeutic time window and optimal duration. Stroke. 2010 Feb;41(2):375-82. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.569830. Epub 2009 Dec 31. PubMed 20044521 ↗
  • Selim M. Deferoxamine mesylate: a new hope for intracerebral hemorrhage: from bench to clinical trials. Stroke. 2009 Mar;40(3 Suppl):S90-1. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.533125. Epub 2008 Dec 8. PubMed 19064798 ↗
  • Selim M, Yeatts S, Goldstein JN, Gomes J, Greenberg S, Morgenstern LB, Schlaug G, Torbey M, Waldman B, Xi G, Palesch Y; Deferoxamine Mesylate in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Investigators. Safety and tolerability of deferoxamine mesylate in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. Stroke. 2011 Nov;42(11):3067-74. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.617589. Epub 2011 Aug 25. PubMed 21868742 ↗
  • Morgenstern LB, Hemphill JC 3rd, Anderson C, Becker K, Broderick JP, Connolly ES Jr, Greenberg SM, Huang JN, MacDonald RL, Messe SR, Mitchell PH, Selim M, Tamargo RJ; American Heart Association Stroke Council and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. Guidelines for the management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage: a guideline for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2010 Sep;41(9):2108-29. doi: 10.1161/STR.0b013e3181ec611b. Epub 2010 Jul 22. PubMed 20651276 ↗
  • Chaudhary N, Gemmete JJ, Thompson BG, Xi G, Pandey AS. Iron--potential therapeutic target in hemorrhagic stroke. World Neurosurg. 2013 Jan;79(1):7-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.048. Epub 2012 Nov 19. No abstract available. PubMed 23174156 ↗
  • Demchuk AM, Dowlatshahi D, Rodriguez-Luna D, Molina CA, Blas YS, Dzialowski I, Kobayashi A, Boulanger JM, Lum C, Gubitz G, Padma V, Roy J, Kase CS, Kosior J, Bhatia R, Tymchuk S, Subramaniam S, Gladstone DJ, Hill MD, Aviv RI; PREDICT/Sunnybrook ICH CTA study group. Prediction of haematoma growth and outcome in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage using the CT-angiography spot sign (PREDICT): a prospective observational study. Lancet Neurol. 2012 Apr;11(4):307-14. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70038-8. Epub 2012 Mar 8. Erratum In: Lancet Neurol. 2012 Jun;11(6):483. PubMed 22405630 ↗
  • Gu Y, Hua Y, Keep RF, Morgenstern LB, Xi G. Deferoxamine reduces intracerebral hematoma-induced iron accumulation and neuronal death in piglets. Stroke. 2009 Jun;40(6):2241-3. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.539536. Epub 2009 Apr 16. PubMed 19372448 ↗
  • Okauchi M, Hua Y, Keep RF, Morgenstern LB, Xi G. Effects of deferoxamine on intracerebral hemorrhage-induced brain injury in aged rats. Stroke. 2009 May;40(5):1858-63. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.535765. Epub 2009 Mar 12. PubMed 19286595 ↗
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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 18, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02367248
Lead sponsor
Capital Medical University
Collaborators
Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Peking University First Hospital, People's Hospital of Beijing Daxing District, Beijing Haidian Hospital, The 263 Hospital of PLA, Beijing Aerospace General Hospital, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Pinggu District Hospital, Beijing Shuyi Hospital, General Hospital of Beijing PLA Military Region, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Beijing Fangshan District Liangxiang Hospital, Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Beijing Youyi Hospital, Xiyuan Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Peking University People's Hospital, The Second Artillery General Hospital, Chinese PLA General Hospital
Responsible party
Maolin He (director of the Neurology department, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 20, 2015
Start date
Mar 2015
Primary completion
Dec 2016 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2016 (estimated)
Last update
May 18, 2015

Study contacts

Maolin He, MD
Contact
maolinh@sina.com
0086-010-63926550
Maolin He, MD
principal investigator · Department of Neurology,Beijing Shijitan Hospital,Capital Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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