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Efficacy and Safety of Baricitinib in the Post-intracerebral Hemorrhage Pulmonary Injury

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Baricitinib in Pulmonary Injury After Intracerebral Hemorrhage, sponsored by Tianjin Medical University General Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-12.

Sponsored by Tianjin Medical University General Hospital · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2026, 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2024, registered Aug 2024).
  • Started Feb 2024; still recruiting 2 years 7 months later.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Some patients with intracerebral hemorrhage will develop severe lung injury such as respiratory distress syndrome. Baricitinib has been approved by the FDA for severe pneumonia caused by the coronavirus, and has been used in the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Baricitinib significantly reduced the risk of death and shortened the length of stay in COVID-19 patients. According to clinical observations, there was no significant increase in deaths or infections due to non-COVID-19 causes during recovery, nor was there a significant increase in thrombosis. Excessive inflammatory factors release can cause inflammatory storms that damage lung cells, lead to lung injury, and eventually lead to respiratory failure, respiratory distress syndrome and other conditions, endangering life safety. Studies have shown that Baricitinib can inhibit the production of excessive pro-inflammatory cytokines by lung macrophages through the JAK pathway and reduce lung injury caused by inflammatory storms. Therefore, in patients with acute stroke with lung infection or severe lung injury, short-term use of baricitinib will help to reduce lung injury and promote the recovery of neurological function, and shorten the length of hospital stay. However, there is currently a lack of effective clinical evidence of baricitinib in the treatment of lung injury after intracerebral hemorrhage, and further research is needed.

Read the detailed description

The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of baricitinib in patients with pulmonary injury after intracerebral hemorrhage.

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Conditions studied

  • Pulmonary Injury After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
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In context

Lung Injury

399 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Injury; 50 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 100 is above the median of 53 across 239 interventional studies indexed under Lung Injury.

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Lead sponsor

Tianjin Medical University General Hospital is the lead sponsor of 71 studies on the registry; 30 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female patients ≥ 18 years old;
  2. The diagnosis was non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage (including supratentorial deep hemorrhage, lobal hemorrhage, cerebellar hemorrhage, brainstem hemorrhage, intracerebral hemorrhage, intracerebral parenchymal hemorrhage into ventricle, subarachnoid hemorrhage), which was confirmed by CT scan.
  3. Onset of ARDS within 48 hours to 7 days after admission (as defined by Berlin) : ① Patients with moderate to severe ARDS symptoms or progressive dyspnea within 7 days (100mmHg \< PaO2/FiO2≤200, PEEP≥5cmH2O); ② Hypoxemia: SpO2/FiO2≤315mmHg and SpO2≤97%, and could not be explained by acute heart failure and fluid overload; ③ Need intubation or mechanical ventilation; ④ Imaging findings (chest X-ray/chest CT) : infiltration of both lungs, cannot be completely explained by pleural effusion, lobar/whole lung atelectasis and nodule;
  4. There was no uncured pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, or chronic respiratory failure before the onset of the disease.
  5. Able and willing to sign written informed consent and comply with the requirements of the research protocol.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients diagnosed with severe intracerebral hemorrhage requiring surgical intervention with decompressive craniotomy or critically ill, near death;
  2. Diagnosis of aneurysm, brain tumor, arteriovenous malformation requires surgery;
  3. Recently received live or attenuated vaccine; other JAK inhibitors or other organisms are being used, or enrolled in other clinical trials;
  4. Combine the following cases that are not eligible to participate in this study: ① Severe hepatic insufficiency (ALT/AST > 5xULN); ② Moderate to severe renal insufficiency (eGFR \< 60ml/min/1.73m2); ③ Undergoing hemodialysis or hemofiltration; ④ Neutrophils or lymphocytes decreased (Absolute neutrophil count \< 1000/ul, absolute lymphocyte count \< 200/ul); ⑤ During pregnancy or childbirth;
  5. Venous thromboembolism or risk of thrombosis;
  6. Life expectancy after enrollment ≤24h.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Standard treatment plus Baricitinib

    On standard treatment, Baricitinib was given 4mg once daily, with the first dose taken within 24 hours of the appearance of lung injury and continued for 14 days.

    Drug: Baricitinib

  • No intervention
    Standard treatment

    Given standard treatment.

Interventions

  • DrugBaricitinib

    Baricitinib was given 4mg once daily, with the first dose taken within 24 hours of the appearance of lung injury and continued for 14 days.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Recovery time

    1. If the patient only required oxygen inhalation with the mask, SpO2≥97% of days without the mask were observed. 2. If the patient has a tracheal intubation and ventilator-assisted breathing, observe the days needed for the patient to be removed from the ventilator.

    Time frame: From day 1 to day 30 after the lung injury occurrence.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hematoma volume after intracerebral hemorrhage

    1. CT images of the head were obtained at 1, 14, and 90 days after diagnosis. CT scan within 24 hours after diagnosis was used as the baseline analysis. 2. If the patient is discharged from the hospital, a CT scan of the head should be performed on the 90th day if conditions permit.

    Time frame: At 1, 14, and 90 days after diagnosis.

  2. NIHSS score

    Assessed according to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), the score ranges from 0 (asymptomatic) to 42 (death).

    Time frame: At 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 and 90 days after diagnosis.

  3. mRS score

    Assessed by mRS Score on a scale of 0 (asymptomatic) to 6 (dead).

    Time frame: At 90 days after diagnosis.

  4. Severity score

    Assessed by score on a scale of 0 (asymptomatic) to 8 (dead). Scores were depended on the treatment needed (Nasal tube = 1, mask = 1, non-invasive positive pressure ventilation = 1, trachea cannula = 1, glucocorticoids treatment =1, prone position ventilation = 1, ECMO= 1, death = 1.)

    Time frame: At 1, 3, 7, 14, 30 days after diagnosis.

  5. Murray's lung injury score

    The assessment was based on Murray's lung injury score.

    Time frame: At 1, 3, 7, 14 days after diagnosis.

  6. Days without ventilator support

    1. For patients with tracheal intubation and ventilator-assisted breathing, the tracheal intubation was removed after treatment, and only required mask oxygen inhalation or high flow oxygen inhalation days until discharge. 2. If the patient has been discharged from the hospital and is still on no-oxygen, mask oxygen, or high-flow oxygen at the 30th day of follow-up, 30 days is recorded.

    Time frame: From diagnosis to 30 days.

  7. Length of ICU stay

    1. Duration of ICU. 2. If the patient has not reached 30 days by the time of discharge, the 30-day telephone follow-up: * If the patient did not continue ICU treatment, the actual number of days was recorded; * If the patient remains hospitalized in the ICU, 30 days is recorded. 3. In case of death, 30 days are recorded.

    Time frame: From diagnosis to 30 days.

  8. APACHEⅡ score

    Assessed according to acute physiology and chronic health evaluation Ⅱ (APACHEⅡ) on a scale of 0-60.

    Time frame: At 1, 14, 30 days after diagnosis.

  9. Total hospitalization days

    Total hospitalization days.

    Time frame: From diagnosis to 90 days.

  10. Mortality

    Mortality of patients died because of the lung injury after ICH.

    Time frame: At 14, 30 and 90 days after diagnosis.

  11. Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events [safety and tolerability

    Adverse events related to baricitinib are recorded.

    Time frame: From diagnosis to 90 days.

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
    Tianjin, Tianjin 300052, China
    • Qiang Liu, M.D.,Ph.D. · Contact · qliu@tmu.edu.cn · +8615022439149
    • Qiang Liu, M.D.,Ph.D. · Principal investigator
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 12, 2024, 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
NCT06548802
Lead sponsor
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital
Collaborators
First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
Responsible party
Qiang Liu (Professor of Department of Neurology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 12, 2024
Start date
Feb 29, 2024
Primary completion
Jun 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 12, 2024

Study contacts

Qiang Liu, M.D, Ph.D.
Contact
qliu@tmu.edu.cn
+86 15022439149

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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