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CompletedNCT05168059NEURO-CLEVUpdated Dec 23, 2021

Clevidipine in Neurocritical Patients

An observational study in High Blood Pressure, sponsored by Hospital de Cruces. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-12-23.

Sponsored by Hospital de Cruces · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
33
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Study summary

Acute blood pressure elevation is a frequent problem in neurocritical patients. Its effective management is challenging and must avoid significant decreases of blood pressure leading to lower cerebral perfusion pressure worsening ischemia and elevations probably associated with bleeding, rebleeding or hematoma expansion associated with poor prognosis

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Retrospective, observational and single-group study for observe effectiveness and safety of clevidipine for perioperative control of hypertension in patients admitted to Post-Operative Intensive Care Unit after thrombectomy for stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage requiring surgical treatment, embolization of aneurysm after subarachnoid hemorrhage, scheduled neurosurgical and neuroradiology procedures.

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Conditions studied

  • High Blood Pressure

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Keywords

  • clevidipine
  • neurocritical
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In context

Hypertension

6,689 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypertension; 965 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 33 is below the median of 210 across 1,359 observational studies indexed under Hypertension.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital de Cruces is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Neurocritical patients admitted to PostOperative Intensive Care Unit after acute intracerebral hemorrhage requiring surgical treatment, mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke, embolization of aneurysm causing subarachnoid hemorrhage and scheduled neurosurgical and neuroradiology procedures.

Inclusion criteria

  1. -Adult patients older than 18 years old admitted to Post-Operative Intensive Care Unit with neurocritical condition requiring surgical or interventional treatment.
  2. -Acute High Blood Pressure requiring urgent treatment (SBP ≥160 mmHg or ≥ 20% increase in preoperative values that persists for more than 15 minutes)
  3. -Clevidipine used as a first line or after failure of different antihypertensive drugs.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

  1. -Adults older than 90 years admitted to Post-Operative Intensive Care Unit with neurocritical condition requiring surgical or interventional treatment.
  2. -Patients admitted to Post-Operative Intensive Care Unit with neurocritical condition not requiring surgical or interventional treatment.
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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
33 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • DrugClevidipine 0.5 MG/ML Intravenous Emulsion

    Effectiveness and safety of clevidipine

    Also known as: CLEVIPREX

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Effectiveness of clevidipine

    Percentage of patients achieving target systolic blood pressure (SBP)

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hour of clevidipine infusion beginning

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events related to clevidipine treatment

    Tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, hypotension, fever, acute kidney failure, nausea, headache and facial redness.

    Time frame: 1 hour after beginning to 24 hours after clevidipine infusion stop

Other outcomes

  1. Effectiveness of clevidipine treatment according sex

    Percentage of male and female patients with effective treatment

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hours after clevidipine infusion beginning

  2. Effectivennes of clevidipine treatment according medical history

    Percentage of patients with history of chronic hypertension, ischemic heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, smoking and another cardiovascular risk factor with effective treatment

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hours after clevidipine infusion beginning

  3. Effectivennes of clevidipine treatment according neurosurgical procedure

    Percentage of patients with mechanical thrombectomy, urgent craniotomy, scheduled craniotomy, urgent embolization of aneurysm causing subarachnoidal hemorrhage, urgent embolization of arterio-venous malformations, scheduled embolization of brain aneurysm, intracranial pressure monitoring sensor insertion, intraventricular fibrinolysis, deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease with effective treatment

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hours after clevidipine infusion beginning

  4. Effectivennes of clevidipine according neurocritical disease

    Percentage of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, ischemic stroke, hypertension crisis after scheduled neurosurgery and intracranial hypertension with effective treatment

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hours after clevidipine infusion beginning

  5. Effectivennes of clevidipine treatment according poor prognosis factors

    Percentage of patients with brain hematoma volumes higher than 30 ml, National Institutes Of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) higher than 10 points, Fisher scale of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage of 3 or 4 points and Glasgow Coma Scale less than 8 points with effective treatment

    Time frame: 1 to 6 hours after clevidipine infusion beginning

  6. Effectivennes of clevidipine according functional situation

    Percentage of patients with modified Rankin scale between 0 to 2 points, 3 to 4 points and 5 to 6 points with effective treatment

    Time frame: 90 days

  7. Incidence of adverse events according early beginning, first line and effective treatment with clevidipine

    Percentage of patients with early begin of treatment within 24 hours of admission, first line treatment choice, maintenance of goal Systolic Blood Pressure 24 hours after infusion stop and effective treatment presenting any adverse event atributed to clevididipine treatment

    Time frame: 1 hour after beginning to 24 hours after clevidipine infusion stop

  8. Mortality according early beginning, first line and effective treatment with clevidipine

    Percentage of patients with early beginning of clevidipine treatment within 24 hours of admission, first line treatment, maintenance of Systolic Blood Pressure higher than 48 hours and effective treatment dead

    Time frame: 1 to 90 days

  9. Major complications according early beginning, first line and effective treatment with clevidipine

    Percentage of patients with early beginning of clevidipine treatment within 24 hours of admission, first line treatment, maintenance of Systolic Blood Pressure higher than 48 hours and effective treatment presenting major neurological complications like rebleeding, hematoma expansion, brain swelling, intracranial hypertension, vasospasm and neurological deterioration not explained for the above

    Time frame: 1 to 15 days

  10. Hematoma expansion in subgroups

    Percentage of patients with brain hematoma expansion presenting Systolic Blood Pressure higher than 180 mmHg, age higher than 65 years old, Glasgow Coma Scale up to 8 points at admission, chronic hypertension history, intracranial hypertension, subararchnoidal hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage, hematoma volumes higher than 30 ml, spot sign, begin of treatment in first 5 hours of admission, effective treatment and clevidipine as first line.

    Time frame: 1 to 7 days

  11. Vasospasm in subgroups

    Percentage of patients with spontaneous aneurysmal subararachnoid hemorrhage presenting vasospasm with a Systolic Blood Pressure higher than 160 mmHg, Fisher score of 3 to 4 points at admission, effective treatment and clevidipine as first line treatment.

    Time frame: 1 to 15 days

  12. Aneurysm rebleeding in subgroups

    Percentage of patients with rebleeding after spontaneous aneurysmal subarachnoidal hemorrhage presenting Systolic Blood Pressure higher than 160 mmHg, aneurysms of posterior brain circulation, intracranial hypertension, effective treatment and first line treatment with clevidipine

    Time frame: 1 to 7 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • Biocruces
    Barakaldo, Vizcaya 48903, Spain
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided — Database

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 23, 2021, 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
NCT05168059
Lead sponsor
Hospital de Cruces
Collaborators
Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute
Responsible party
Blanca Escontrela (Consultant Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Hospital de Cruces) — Principal investigator
First posted
Dec 23, 2021
Start date
Jan 1, 2017
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2018
Completion
Sep 1, 2019
Last update
Dec 23, 2021

Study contacts

Blanca Escontrela, Consultant
principal investigator · Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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