Indian Trial of Tranexamic Acid in Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage

April 19, 2023 updated by: Jeyaraj D Pandian, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, India

This multicenter, pragmatic randomized, open-label clinical trial aims to assess whether Tranexamic Acid improves outcomes in adult patients with spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage.

The participants presenting within 4.5 hours of the onset of symptoms of stroke with intracerebral haemorrhage confirmed on Computed Tomography (CT Scan) will be randomized into two groups in a 1:1 ratio using a central online randomization. The treatment arm will consist of giving intravenously 2 grams of Tranexamic Acid in 100 ml 0.9% sodium chloride administered over 45 minutes. Control arm patients will receive standard of care treatment as per the institutional protocol. In both arms, intensive systolic blood pressure reduction to less than 140 mmHg will be done using antihypertensive medications, which has to be achieved within one hour and will be maintained over next seven days. The choice of antihypertensive drug will depend on the clinician's preference.

Both groups will have a repeat CT scan after 24 hours to check for any increase in the haematoma volume. Any deterioration in the neurological status will warrant urgent brain imaging. On day 7, the patient will be assessed for their NIHSS score and mRS score. On day 90, quality of life and the functional outcome will be assessed.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Global Burden of Disease, Injury and Risk factors for hemorrhagic stroke 2010 estimated the burden of spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) in India is profound (32 -49%) and it is associated with high mortality (up to 63 %) due to haematoma expansion which occurs in 38% of ICH within first few hours of presentation. Early administration of haemostatic drugs has been used in patients with trauma and was associated with improved outcomes. Similarly, if haemostatic drugs are administered early, which can be a simple and cost-effective intervention, may improve the functional outcomes in patients with sICH. Recently, the TICH 2 trial, which was done to see the effectiveness of the administration of tranexamic acid on hematoma expansion and functional outcomes at three months in patients who presented with sICH within 8 hours of presentation of symptoms onset, showed a decrease in haematoma expansion but no improvement in functional outcome at 90 days. Further larger randomized control trials are required to ascertain the effect of early administration of TXA in sICH. In India patients present to hospitals in the early stages that have developed symptoms after sICH and we propose to study the effect of intravenous Tranexamic Acid for hyperacute primary intracerebral haemorrhage within 4.5 hours of sICH.

Trial Population:

This multi-centric study will be conducted at 50 stroke centres in India associated with the INSTRuCT Network. All patients presenting with symptoms of stroke to the hospital and admitted to the stroke units will be screened for eligibility and if met, will be included in the study. The INTRINSIC trial intends to recruit 3400 patients.

Trial Design:

INTRINSIC Trial will be a multicenter, randomized, open-label, clinical trial. The participants will be randomized into two groups in a 1:1 ratio using a central database of INSTRuCT central online randomization. The baseline characteristics will be adjusted to stroke severity using the NIHSS score and the volume of haematoma. The treatment arm will consist of giving intravenously 2 grams of Tranexamic Acid in 100 ml sodium chloride 0.9 % administered over 45 minutes. Control arm patients will receive standard of care management as per the institutional protocol. Both groups will have a repeat CT scan after 24 hours to check for any increase in the haematoma volume. Any deterioration in the GCS will warrant urgent brain CT scans. Antihypertensive drugs used and their doses to control BP will be recorded for up to 7 days. On day 7, the patient will be assessed for their NIHSS score and mRS score. On day 90, quality of life and the functional outcome will be assessed.

The need for this study:

The proportion of ICH is high in India and other LMIC's, particularly in Asia. Currently, there are no effective treatments available for sICH. Moreover, Tranexamic Acid is cheap, easily available and easy to administer.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

3400

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Chandigarh, India, 160012
        • Recruiting
        • Postgraduate Institute for Medical Education and Research
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dheeraj Khurana, MD DM
      • Delhi, India, 110054
        • Recruiting
        • St Stephen's Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Gaurav K Mittal, MD DM
    • Andhra Pradesh
      • Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 522001
        • Recruiting
        • Government General Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sundarachary Nagarjunakonda, MD DM
      • Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 522001
        • Recruiting
        • Lalitha Super Specialty Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Vijaya Pamidimukkala, MD DM
      • Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, 522004
        • Recruiting
        • Dr Ramesh Cardiac and Multispecialty Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Somasundaram Kumaravelu, MD DM
    • Assam
      • Dibrugarh, Assam, India, 786001
        • Recruiting
        • Assam Medical College
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Binod Sarmah, MD DM
      • Guwahati, Assam, India, 781006
        • Recruiting
        • Guwahati Neurological Research Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Nomal C Borah, MD DM
      • Guwahati, Assam, India, 781033
        • Recruiting
        • Apollo Excelcare Hospitals
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Lakshya J Basumatary, MD DM
      • Tezpur, Assam, India, 784001
        • Recruiting
        • Baptist Christian Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jacob Johnson, MD
      • Tezpur, Assam, India, 784153
        • Recruiting
        • Tezpur Medical College and Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Dwijen Das, MD
    • Delhi
      • New Delhi, Delhi, India, 110029
        • Recruiting
        • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Rohit Bhatia, MD DM
      • New Delhi, Delhi, India, 110095
        • Recruiting
        • Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Rajinder K Dhamija, MD DNB
    • Goa
      • Panjim, Goa, India, 403004
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Manipal Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Parul Dubey, MD DM
    • Gujarat
      • Anand, Gujarat, India, 388325
        • Recruiting
        • Shree Krishna Hospital Pramukhswami Medical College
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Soaham Desai, MD DM
    • Haryana
      • Gurgaon, Haryana, India, 122001
        • Recruiting
        • Artemis hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Rajsrinivas Parthasarathy, MBBS MRCP
    • Himachal Pradesh
      • Bilāspur, Himachal Pradesh, India, 174001
        • Recruiting
        • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ashish Sharma, MD DM
      • Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, 171001
        • Recruiting
        • Atal Institute of Medical Super Specilities, (AIMSS) Chamiana
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sudhir Sharma, MD DM
    • Karnataka
      • Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560017
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Manipal Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Pramod Krishnan, MD DM
      • Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560022
        • Recruiting
        • Sparsh Superspeciality Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Madhusudhan B Kempegowda, MD DM
      • Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560029
        • Not yet recruiting
        • National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Girish B Kulkarni, MD DM
      • Belgaum, Karnataka, India, 590010
        • Recruiting
        • KLE's Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital & Medical Research Centre
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Aralikatte O Saroja, MD DM
      • Manipala, Karnataka, India, 576104
        • Recruiting
        • Kasturba Medical College Manipal
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Girish Menon, MBBS MCh
    • Kerala
      • Calicut, Kerala, India, 673004
        • Recruiting
        • Baby Memorial Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Ummer Karadan, MD DM
      • Calicut, Kerala, India, 673016
        • Recruiting
        • ASTER MIMS Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Paul J Alapatt, DM, PDF
      • Kochi, Kerala, India, 682041
        • Recruiting
        • Amrita Institute for Medical Sciences and Research Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Vivek K Nambiar, MD DM
      • Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 695011
        • Recruiting
        • Government Medical College Trivandrum
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Thomas Iype, MD DM
      • Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 695011
        • Recruiting
        • Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Padmavathyamma N Sylaja, MD DM
    • Maharashtra
      • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400078
        • Recruiting
        • Fortis Hospital Mulund
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Rajesh Benny, DNB DM
      • Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400093
        • Recruiting
        • Holy Spirit Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Darshan Doshi, MD DM
      • Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411001
        • Recruiting
        • Ruby Hall Clinic
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Kapil Zirpe, MBBS MD
      • Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411043
        • Recruiting
        • Bharati Vidyapeeth DTU Medical College
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sankar P Gorthi, MD DM
    • Orissa
      • Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India, 751019
        • Recruiting
        • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sanjeev K Bhoi, DM,PDF
    • Punjab
      • Farīdkot, Punjab, India, 151203
        • Recruiting
        • Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sulena Sulena, MD DM
      • Ludhiāna, Punjab, India, 141008
        • Recruiting
        • Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jeyaraj D Pandian, MD DM
    • Rajasthan
      • Bīkaner, Rajasthan, India, 334001
        • Recruiting
        • PBM Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Inder Puri, MD DM
      • Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 302017
        • Recruiting
        • Fortis Escorts Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Neetu Ramrakhiani, MD DM DNB
      • Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, 302015
        • Recruiting
        • Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Neeraj Bhutani, DM
    • Tamil Nadu
      • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600100
        • Recruiting
        • Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Parveen Chander, MD DM
      • Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, 641018
        • Recruiting
        • KG Hospital and Post Graduate Medical Institute Coimbatore
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • TCR Ramakrishnan, MD DM
      • Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India, 605006
        • Recruiting
        • Jawaharlal Institute Of Postgraduate Medical Education And Research
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sunil K Narayan, DM, PhD
      • Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India, 627011
        • Recruiting
        • Tirunelveli Medical College
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • S Saravanan, MD DM
      • Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, 632517
        • Recruiting
        • Christian Medical College Vellore
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Deepti Bal, DM
    • Telangana
      • Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Hyderabad
        • Recruiting
        • Care Hospitals
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Yerasu M Reddy, DM DNB
    • Uttar Pradesh
      • Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, 226003
        • Recruiting
        • King George's Medical University
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Parveen K Sharma, MD DM
      • Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 221005
        • Recruiting
        • Institute of Medical Sciences of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Abhishek Pathak, MD DM
    • West Bengal
      • Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700017
        • Recruiting
        • Institute of Neurosciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Jayanta Roy, MD DM
      • Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700020
        • Recruiting
        • Bangur Institute of Neurosciences
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Biman K Ray, MD DM
      • Kolkata, West Bengal, India, 700027
        • Recruiting
        • The Calcutta Medical Research Center
        • Contact:
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Sujoy Mukherjee, MD FNB

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients aged more than 18 years, presenting with non- traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage within 4.5 hours of onset of stroke symptoms

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with intracerebral haemorrhage secondary to anticoagulation, thrombolysis, known underlying structural abnormality such as arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, tumour or venous thrombosis or due to known hereditary coagulation disorders. An underlying structural abnormality does not need to be excluded before enrolment, but where known, patients should not be recruited.
  2. Known allergies to Tranexamic Acid.
  3. Premorbid modified Rankin scale score >4 at the time of enrollment.
  4. Concurrent participation in another drug or device trial.
  5. Pre stroke life expectancy <3 months (e.g. advanced metastatic cancer).
  6. Glasgow coma scale <7.
  7. ICH secondary to trauma.
  8. Women pregnant, or breastfeeding at randomization.
  9. Planned surgery for ICH within 24 hours.
  10. Concurrent or planned treatment with any other haemostatic agents.
  11. ICH volume > 60 ml as measured by the ABC/2 method on CT Scan

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Arm
The treatment arm will consist of giving intravenously 2 grams of Tranexamic Acid in 100 ml sodium chloride 0.9 % adminsitered over 45 minutes. Intensive systolic blood pressure reduction to less than 140 mmHg will be done using antihypertensive agents (intravenous and/or oral) which is to be achieved within one hour and has to be maintained over seven days. BP monitoring is done for every 15 minutes in the first hour and thereafter every hour for the next six hours after the initiation of intensive BP control. The choice of antihypertensive will depend on the clinician's preference.
The treatment arm will consist of giving intravenously 2 grams of Tranexamic Acid in 100 ml sodium chloride 0.9 % administered over 45 minutes.
Other Names:
  • Injection Pause 500 mg/5 ml
  • Injection Cyklokapron 500 mg/5 ml
  • Injection Trapic 500 mg/5 ml
  • Injection Tramix 500 mg/5 ml
No Intervention: Control Arm
The control arm will receive a standard of care management as per the institutional practice. Intensive systolic blood pressure reduction to less than 140 mmHg will be done using antihypertensive (intravenous and/or oral) which is to be achieved within one hour and has to be maintained over seven days. BP monitoring is done for every 15 minutes in the first hour and thereafter every hour for the next six hours after the initiation of intensive BP control. The choice of antihypertensive will depend on the clinician's preference.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Death
Time Frame: 7 days
Death at day 7
7 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in hematoma volume
Time Frame: 24 hours
Radiological (CT scan): Change in hematoma volume from baseline to 24 hours scan, hematoma location and new infraction
24 hours
Neurological impairment
Time Frame: 7 days
Neurological impairment (NIHSS) at day 7 (or discharge if sooner)
7 days
modified Rankin Scale (mRS)
Time Frame: 90 days
Dependency using the seven-level modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at day 90
90 days
Quality of life EQ-5D
Time Frame: 90 days
Quality of life (EQ-5D) at day 90
90 days

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jeyaraj D Pandian, MD DM, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 30, 2022

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2025

Study Completion (Anticipated)

March 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 19, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 19, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 1, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 19, 2023

Last Verified

April 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

All information collected from medical records for the study will be stored electronically in a specifically designed database at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. Participants information will be identified only by their initials and a study registration number. Any information transferred electronically will be coded to protect confidentiality. All computer records will be password protected. The study results may be presented at conferences or in scientific publications, but individual participants will not be identifiable. If needed, data will be available in future for other researchers outside the primary research group for secondary purposes, such as meta-analyses, reanalysis, or replication of results.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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