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Neuroprotective Effect of Butylphthalide for Cardiac Arrest Patients

A Phase 4 interventional study of Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection and Saline Solution in Butylphthalide, Cardiac Arrest and Neuroprotective Drugs, sponsored by Tang Ziren. Recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-04-11.

Sponsored by Tang Ziren · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 2 years 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2022, registered Aug 2024).
  • Started Jan 2022; still recruiting 4 years 9 months later.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
350
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Cardiac arrest is one of the critical illnesses that is directly life-threatening, and patients who survive cardiac arrest develop severe neurological deficits or even die. The effectiveness of drugs to improve neurological function in resuscitated brain-injured patients has been a focus of research in the field of resuscitation. Butanephthalein has an ameliorating effect on the damage of central nervous function in patients with acute ischemic stroke, and can promote the improvement of patients' neurological deficits. On this basis, the present study was designed as a multicenter, prospective randomized controlled experiment, with internationally accepted methods for assessing near-term and long-term neurological function, to determine the effectiveness of butalbital in improving neurological function after cardiac arrest, with the aim of searching for new methods and ideas to improve neurological function and prognosis after cardiac arrest.

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Conditions studied

  • Butylphthalide
  • Cardiac Arrest
  • Neuroprotective Drugs

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In context

Heart Arrest

966 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Arrest; 227 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 350 is above the median of 100 across 557 interventional studies indexed under Heart Arrest.

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Lead sponsor

Tang Ziren is the lead sponsor of 7 studies on the registry; 5 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 18-80 years old.
  2. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores ≤8 upon admission.
  3. Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC) ≥30min.
  4. Signed the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Cardiac arrest due to irreversible causes such as trauma, poisoning, etc.
  2. Cardiac arrest due to end-stage conditions such as advanced cancer.
  3. Persistent cardiogenic shock that is unreversed (defined as a systolic blood pressure persistently \<90mmHg despite treatment with fluid resuscitation, vasopressor agents, and inotropic medications).
  4. Presence of pre-existing cerebrovascular disease prior to cardiac arrest or confirmed intracranial hemorrhage by CT scan following admission.
  5. Pre-existing CPC scores of 3-5 prior to cardiac arrest.
  6. Prior use of NBP or any medication containing NBP before cardiac arrest.
  7. Presence of severe hepatic or renal dysfunction before cardiac arrest (defined as ≥3× upper limit of normal alanine transaminase or ≥2× upper limit of normal creatinine).
  8. Bradycardia or sick sinus syndrome occurs after ROSC.
  9. History of prior drug or food allergies, or known allergies to the medication components used in this study.
  10. Existence of treatment limitations (patient or their legal representative refusing advanced life support treatment, including mechanical ventilation, chest compressions, targeted temperature management, etc.).
  11. Presence of severe bleeding tendency upon admission.
  12. Body temperature \<30℃ upon admission.
  13. Pregnant or lactating women, or reproductive-age females with elevated serum human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) levels.
  14. Other conditions deemed unsuitable for this trial by the principal investigator.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
350 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Butylphthalide

    Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection 100ml ivgtt bid 14days

    Drug: Butylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection

  • Placebo comparator
    Saline Solution

    Saline Solution 100ml ivgtt bid 14days

    Drug: Saline Solution

Interventions

  • DrugButylphthalide and Sodium Chloride Injection

    All enrolled patients will undergo standard treatment as per international guidelines, concurrently receiving either NBP or placebo therapy. Patients in the experimental group will receive intravenous infusion of 100ml NBP injection twice daily, while patients in the control group will receive intravenous infusion of 100ml saline solution twice daily. Each patient will receive continuous medication for 14 days.

  • DrugSaline Solution

    All enrolled patients will undergo standard treatment as per international guidelines, concurrently receiving either NBP or placebo therapy. Patients in the experimental group will receive intravenous infusion of 100ml NBP injection twice daily, while patients in the control group will receive intravenous infusion of 100ml saline solution twice daily. Each patient will receive continuous medication for 14 days.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The proportion of patients with a Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) Score of 1-2

    The primary outcome is the proportion of patients with a Cerebral Performance Category (CPC) score of 1-2 at 6months after randomization in each group.

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing 100020, China
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All IPD that underlie results in a publication

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Icf, Csr

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 Apr 11, 2025, 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
NCT06572085
Lead sponsor
Tang Ziren
Responsible party
Tang Ziren (Professor, Capital Medical University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Aug 26, 2024
Start date
Jan 1, 2022
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 11, 2025

Study contacts

Ziren Tang, Ph.D
Contact
tangziren1970@163.com
+86 010-85231530

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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