Antihypertensive Treatment in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage

NCT00415610 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

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Summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of lowering blood pressure using nicardipine in persons with acute hypertension associated with intracerebral hemorrhage.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

nicardipine

Intravenous (IV) nicardipine infusion. It is expected that the treatment duration will vary between 18 and 24 hours. * Started at 5mg/h * Titrated by 2.5mg/hour every 15 minutes to bring systolic blood pressure in target range for the applicable Tier. Max dose 15mg/hour \*Once target systolic blood pressure reached, dose decreased by 2.5mg/hour every 15 minutes until systolic blood pressure maintained in the target range or the medication is discontinued.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Minnesota

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adnan I. Qureshi, MD · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-09-30
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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