New hope for bleeding stroke: can clevidipine save brains?
NCT ID NCT06402968
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 10 times
Summary
This study tests whether the drug clevidipine can lower blood pressure quickly and steadily in people having a bleeding stroke (intracerebral hemorrhage). High blood pressure can make the bleeding worse, so getting it under control fast is critical. The trial will compare clevidipine to other standard blood pressure treatments in 1,000 adults, measuring how many reach a safe blood pressure target within one hour.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Clevidipine (an intravenous blood pressure medication)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a faster, more reliable way to control blood pressure during a bleeding stroke, potentially reducing brain damage and improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 4 trial, but the benefit over existing treatments is unproven. The drug may cause side effects like low blood pressure or heart rhythm issues, and results may not apply to all patients.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 1,018 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
-
Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All subjects 18 years or older but less than 100 years old who present to the study sites with clinical symptoms consistent with an ICH demonstrated on brain imaging are to be screened for study eligibility.
- Ages
-
18 to 100 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria 1. Age 18 years or older and less than 100 years. 2. Onset of new neurological deficits within 12 hours at the time of enrollment and IV clevidipine or alternate IV antihypertensive regimen can be initiated within 12 hours of symptom onset. 3. Clinical signs consistent with the diagnosis of stroke, including impairment of language, motor function, cognition, and/or gaze, vision, or neglect. 4. Initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 1 or greater. 5. Total GCS score (aggregate of verbal, eye, and motor response scores) of 5 or greater at enrollment 6. Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the brain demonstrates intraparenchymal hematoma with manual hematoma volume measurement \>5 cc (excluding microhemorrhages) 7. Admission SBP greater than and equal to 150 mmHg but less than 220 mmHg on two repeat measurements at least 5 minutes apart, but no more than 10 minutes apart. The reason for exclusion of ICH patients with initial SBP ≥220 mm Hg is based on a post hoc analysis of ATACH-2, which found that patients with initial SBP ≥220 mm Hg (22.8% of the cohort) reported higher rates of neurological deterioration at 24 hours and renal adverse events until day 7 or discharge in patients treated with intensive SBP reduction compared with standard SBP lowering, without any benefit in reducing hematoma expansion at 24 hours or death or severe disability at 90 days. 8. Signed and dated informed consent by subject, legally authorized representative, or surrogate before index hospital discharge for data collection and agreement to participate in 90- and 180-day follow-up visits. 9. Patients with anticoagulant-related ICH are eligible as long as anticoagulant reversal is concurrently undertaken consistent with AHA/ASA guidelines. 10. Patients who will undergo surgical evacuation consistent with AHA/ASA guidelines or local institutional guidelines are eligible unless surgical evacuation is being performed within 6 hours of initiation of IV clevidipine or alternate IV antihypertensive medication regimen. Ultra-early surgery will necessitate use of anesthetic agents which will confound the effect of IV clevidipine or alternate IV antihypertensive medication regimen. Ultra-early surgery/intervention was not used in the minimally invasive catheter evacuation followed by thrombolysis (MISTIE)/ Clot Lysis: Evaluating Accelerated Resolution of Intraventricular Hemorrhage (CLEAR) trials, which required ICH patients to undergo a repeat CT scan after 6 hours to document absence of any hematoma expansion (with ≤5 mL hematoma growth) compared to a previous CT scan prior to any surgical intervention. 11. Patients requiring external ventricular drainage consistent with AHA/ASA guidelines or local institutional guidelines are eligible. Exclusion Criteria 1. Time of symptom onset cannot be reliably assessed. 2. Previously known neoplasms, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), or aneurysms. 3. Intracerebral hematoma considered to be related to trauma. 4. ICH located in infratentorial regions such as pons or midbrain (cerebellar ICH is not an exclusion criteria). 5. Subject considered a candidate for immediate surgical intervention by the neurosurgery service. 6. Pregnancy, parturition within previous 30 days, or active lactation. 7. Any history of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy except anticoagulant related ICH. 8. Platelet count of less than 50,000/mm3. 9. Known sensitivity to nicardipine or clevidipine. 10. Patient's living will precludes aggressive ICU management. 11. Patients with allergies to soybeans, soy products, eggs, or egg products. 12. Defective lipid metabolism such as pathologic hyperlipemia, lipoid nephrosis, or acute pancreatitis if it is accompanied by hyperlipidemia. 13. Patients with severe aortic stenosis.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Hypertension are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
20 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Albany Medical Center
RECRUITINGAlbany, New York, 12208, United States
-
Antelope Valley Medical Center
RECRUITINGLancaster, California, 93534, United States
-
Augusta University-Neuroscience Center
RECRUITINGAugusta, Georgia, 30912, United States
-
CentraCare - St. Cloud Hospital
RECRUITINGSaint Cloud, Minnesota, 56303, United States
-
Cleveland Clinic Akron General
RECRUITINGAkron, Ohio, 44307, United States
-
Cleveland Clinic Florida
RECRUITINGWeston, Florida, 33331, United States
-
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
RECRUITINGCleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
-
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital
RECRUITINGStuart, Florida, 34994, United States
-
Community Hospital
RECRUITINGMunster, Indiana, 46321, United States
-
Frederick Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGFrederick, Maryland, 21701, United States
-
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10029, United States
-
ProMedica Toledo Hospital
RECRUITINGToledo, Ohio, 43606, United States
-
Stanford Medical Center (Stanford Health Care)
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
-
UT Southwestern Medical Center
RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75390, United States
-
University of California
RECRUITINGIrvine, California, 92696-7600, United States
-
University of Michigan Health-West
RECRUITINGWyoming, Michigan, 49519, United States
-
University of Missouri
RECRUITINGColumbia, Missouri, 65212, United States
-
University of South Florida
RECRUITINGTampa, Florida, 33606, United States
-
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
RECRUITINGSan Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
-
Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
RECRUITINGMarietta, Georgia, 30060, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can a checklist and heart monitor stop repeat strokes?
- Heart hole or stroke trigger? global registry tracks who gets closure and what happens next
- Zapping the spine while wearing a robotic ankle: a new way to help kids walk?
- Can a web program rebuild memory after brain injury?
- Can a nurse and a neighbor help tame chronic disease?
- Can PET scans reveal hidden heart inflammation after a stroke?