BEACH: Biologic Mechanisms of Early Exercise After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University (Other)
Overall Status
Recruiting
CT.gov ID
NCT04027049
Collaborator
(none)
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Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study aims to determine whether in-bed cycle ergometry, early in the hospital course after a brain hemorrhage could balance damaging and reparative inflammation in the brain. Inflammatory factors of two groups of patients with brain hemorrhage will be compared, one group will receive in-bed cycling beginning 3 days after hemorrhage plus usual care and the other group will receive usual care only.

Condition or Disease Intervention/Treatment Phase
  • Device: Supine cycle ergometry of the lower extremities
N/A

Study Design

Study Type:
Interventional
Anticipated Enrollment :
40 participants
Allocation:
Randomized
Intervention Model:
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description:
Pilot randomized parallel group designPilot randomized parallel group design
Masking:
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description:
The clinician assessing outcomes will not have been involved in the care of the patient and will not be aware of the group assignment.
Primary Purpose:
Treatment
Official Title:
Biologic Mechanisms of Early Exercise After Intracerebral Hemorrhage: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Cycle Ergometry
Actual Study Start Date :
Mar 2, 2019
Anticipated Primary Completion Date :
Dec 31, 2022
Anticipated Study Completion Date :
Jan 31, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Supine cycle ergometry of the lower extremities

Patients will receive two 20 minute cycle ergometry sessions separated by at least 4 hours in addition to usual care. The cycle will be set to a gear of zero and will begin in passive mode, the patient will be able to actively cycle if patients are able.

Device: Supine cycle ergometry of the lower extremities
The cycle ergometer allows for movement of the lower extremities by a motor if a patient is experiencing a disorder of consciousness or is otherwise unable to move one or both legs. If a patient is able to cycle actively the device allows the patient to move patient's legs without support of the motor.

No Intervention: Control

Patients will receive usual care only.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

  1. Change in interleukin-1beta level in blood (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

  2. Change in Interleukin-6 level in blood (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

  3. Change in Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha level in blood (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

  4. Change in C Reactive Protein level in blood (nanogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

  5. Change in Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor level in blood (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

  6. Change in interleukin-1beta level in cerebrospinal fluid (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

    Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  7. Coefficient of correlation between interleukin-1beta level in CSF and blood [Day 1 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  8. Coefficient of correlation between interleukin-1beta level in CSF and blood [Day 3 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  9. Coefficient of correlation between interleukin-1beta level in CSF and blood [Day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  10. Change in Interleukin-6 level in CSF (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  11. Coefficient of correlation between Interleukin-6 level in CSF and blood [Day 1 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  12. Coefficient of correlation between Interleukin-6 level in CSF and blood [Day 3 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  13. Coefficient of correlation between Interleukin-6 level in CSF and blood [Day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care.

  14. Change in tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha level in CSF (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  15. Coefficient of correlation between tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha level in CSF and blood [Day 1 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  16. Coefficient of correlation between tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha level in CSF and blood [Day 3 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  17. Coefficient of correlation between tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha level in CSF and blood [Day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  18. Change in C Reactive Protein level in CSF (nanogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  19. Coefficient of correlation between C Reactive Protein level in CSF and blood [Day 1 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  20. Coefficient of correlation between C Reactive Protein level in CSF and blood [Day 3 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  21. Coefficient of correlation between C Reactive Protein level in CSF and blood [Day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  22. Change in Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor level in CSF (picogram/milliliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  23. Coefficient of correlation between Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor levels in CSF and blood [Day 1 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  24. Coefficient of correlation between Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor level in CSF and blood [Day 3 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  25. Coefficient of correlation between Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor level in CSF and blood [Day 7 of study]

    CSF will be collected only in patients with an external ventricular drain as part of patients' care

  26. Change in salivary cortisol level (microgram/deciliter) [Day 1, day 3 and day 7 of study]

Secondary Outcome Measures

  1. Change in hand-held dynamometry score (pounds) [Daily on study days 1-7]

    An average of three hand-held dynamometry measurements will be calculated for each measurement episode and the change over time will be measured.

  2. Hand-held dynamometry score (pounds) [On the day of transfer from the ICU or discharge, whichever comes first, assessed up to 60 days]

    An average of three hand-held dynamometry measurements will be calculated.

  3. Hand-held dynamometry score (pounds) [At 30-day follow-up visit]

    An average of three hand-held dynamometry measurements will be calculated.

  4. Global pre-morbid physical health status as measured by the Promis Scale v1.2 [Day 1 of study]

    The global physical health status subscale of the Promis scale v1.2 will be used to measure pre-morbid physical health status. A 5-point Likert scale is used to score each of the four items. The scores for each item are summed as a raw score and are converted to T scores using a standardized table with higher T scores indicating better physical health status.

  5. Global pre-morbid mental health status as measured by the Promis Scale v1.2 [Day 1 of study]

    The global mental health status subscale of the Promis scale will be used to measure pre-morbid mental health status. A 5-point Likert scale is used to score each of the four items. The scores for each item are summed as a raw score and are converted to T scores using a standardized table with higher T scores indicating better mental health status.

  6. Global pre-morbid pain status as measured by the Promis Scale v1.2 [Day 1 of study]

    The pain subscale of the Promis scale of global health will be used to measure pre-morbid pain status. A 10 point visual analog scale is used with higher scores indicating greater pain levels. Raw scores will be used for analysis.

  7. Global pre-morbid fatigue as measured by the Promis Scale v1.2 [Day 1 of study]

    The fatigue subscle of the Promis scale of global health will be used to measure pre-morbid fatigue status. A 5 point Likert scale is used with higher scores indicating no fatigue and lower scores indicating increasing levels of fatigue. Raw scores will be used for analysis.

  8. Functional status as assessed by the Modified Rankin Score [On transfer from the ICU or discharge from the hospital, whichever comes first, assessed up to 60 days]

    The modified Rankin score will be used to measure function in terms of activities of daily living after stroke. A six-point ordinal scale (0-6) with lower scores indicating less disability and higher scores indicating increasingly severe disability. A score of 6 indicates death.

  9. Functional status as assessed by the Modified Rankin Score [During the 30-day follow-up visit]

    The modified Rankin score will be used to measure function in terms of activities of daily living after stroke. A six-point ordinal scale (0-6) with lower scores indicating less disability and higher scores indicating increasingly severe disability. A score of 6 indicates death.

  10. Change in muscle strength as assessed by the Medical Research Council Sum (MRCS) Score [Daily on study days 1-7]

    The MRCS will be used to measure muscle strength over time. The instrument is a 60 point scale indicating muscle strength in 6 muscle groups. Three muscle groups each on the right and left upper extremities and three each in the right and left lower extremities. Each muscle group is scored from 0-5 out of a possible 5 points. A composite score with a maximum of 60 is produced, 30 points can be achieved for each side of the body.

  11. Muscle strength as assessed by the Medical Research Council Sum (MRCS) Score [On transfer from the ICU or discharge from the hospital, whichever comes first, assessed up to 60 days]

    The MRCS will be used to measure muscle strength. The instrument is a 60 point scale indicating muscle strength in 6 muscle groups. Three muscle groups each on the right and left upper extremities and three each in the right and left lower extremities. Each muscle group is scored from 0-5 out of a possible 5 points. A composite score with a maximum of 60 is produced, 30 points can be achieved for each side of the body.

  12. Muscle strength as assessed by the Medical Research Council Sum (MRCS) Score [During the 30-day follow-up visit]

    The MRCS will be used to measure muscle strength. The instrument is a 60 point scale indicating muscle strength in 6 muscle groups. Three muscle groups each on the right and left upper extremities and three each in the lower extremities. Each muscle group is scored from 0-5 out of a possible 5 points. A composite score with a maximum of 60 is produced, 30 points can be achieved for each side of the body.

  13. Ability to perform activities of daily living as assessed by the Barthel Index [On transfer from the ICU or discharge from the hospital, whichever comes first, assessed up to 60 days]

    The Barthel index will be used to measure a participant's ability to perform activities of daily living in detail. The instrument is a 10-item scale with a maximum of 100 points. Higher scores indicate higher levels of function.

  14. Ability to perform activities of daily living as assessed by the Barthel Index [During the 30-day follow-up visit]

    The Barthel index will be used to measure a participant's ability to perform activities of daily living in detail. The instrument is a 10-item scale with a maximum of 100 points. Higher scores indicate higher levels of function.

  15. Health status as assessed by the Stroke Impact Scale version 3.0 [During the 30-day follow up visit]

    This is a 59-item questionnaire that will measure health status in 8 domains following the stroke. A 5-point Likert scale is used to score each item with higher scores indicating higher perceived health status.

  16. Perception of stroke recovery as assessed by the Stroke Impact Scale version 3.0 [During the 30-day follow up visit]

    The last question of the instrument measures a participant's perception of stroke recovery using a 0-100 scale with higher scores representing higher levels of recovery and lower scores representing less recovery.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years and Older
Sexes Eligible for Study:
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
No
Inclusion Criteria:
  • Supratentorial intracerebral hemorrhage with or without intraventricular hemorrhage

  • Pre-morbid modified Rankin Score of 0-2

  • Patient must be able to provide informed consent or have a legally authorized representative to provide consent on patient's behalf

Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patients with known inflammatory conditions, infection requiring antibiotics or pregnancy

  • Patients receiving daily anti-inflammatory medications including but not limited to prednisone, methotrexate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (ibuprofen, naproxen, indomethacin, celecoxib) and aspirin >325mg

  • Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) 3 48 hours after admission

  • Patients in whom withdrawal of life support is being considered by surrogate decision makers

  • Injury to the lower extremities, hips or pelvis, weight >250 kg (weight limit of cycle), or body habitus precluding normal function of cycle

Contacts and Locations

Locations

Site City State Country Postal Code
1 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland United States 21287

Sponsors and Collaborators

  • Johns Hopkins University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Elizabeth K Zink, Johns Hopkins University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Additional Information:

Publications

Responsible Party:
Johns Hopkins University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT04027049
Other Study ID Numbers:
  • IRB00154440
First Posted:
Jul 19, 2019
Last Update Posted:
Jan 10, 2022
Last Verified:
Jan 1, 2022
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
No
Plan to Share IPD:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:
Yes
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.:
No
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Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jan 10, 2022