Atorvastatin in Acute Stroke Treatment

NCT02225834 | Completed Phase 4

• 1 other identifier: 21770
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Recent clinical trials and meta-analyses of b-hydroxy-bmethylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors (statins) have demonstrated a significant reduction in ischemic stroke in patients with a history of coronary artery disease, both with and without elevations of serum cholesterol. Recent data suggest that statins have other beneficial properties in addition to the retardation of atherosclerosis. Asahi et al demonstred that Statins increased eNOS and tPA mRNA levels but did not change mRNA levels of PAI-1 and that In eNOS knockout mice, atorvastatin reduced the volume of ischemic tissue and improved neurologic outcomes after arterial occlusion by blood clot emboli. In addition to their lipid-lowering effects, it has been speculated that statins may also have beneficial effects on cerebral circulation and brain parenchyma during ischaemic stroke and reperfusion. Aslanyan et al reported that statin use was associated with reduced mortality at 1 month during the follow-up. In patients with recent stroke or TIA and without known coronary heart disease, 80 mg of atorvastatin per day reduced the overall incidence of strokes and of cardiovascular events, despite a small increase in the incidence of hemorrhagic stroke period . Recently the investigators group reported that lacunar strokes compared to nonlacunar ones exhibited significantly lower plasma levels of TNF-α and IL1-β, P-selectin and ICAM-1 24-72 h and 7-10 days after stroke onset (4). At extracranial arterial territories, inflammation plays a crucial role mediating all the stages of the atherosclerosis process . Similarly, thrombosis and defective fibrinolysis may also contribute to the progression of atherosclerotic lesions . Interestingly, both mechanisms might have a relevant role in the pathogenesis of intracranial large artery atherosclerosis and ischemic stroke Moreover our group showed that Patients with cardioembolic and atherothrombotic stroke subtypes showed significantly higher median plasma levels of TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β whereas the lacunar subtype showed significantly lower median plasma levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β and that immunoinflammatory marker plasma levels are significantly related to ischemic lesion volume. A meta-analysis showed that statins may possess antithrombotic property because these drugs were reported to reduce periprocedural infarction in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention . This clinical benefit was detected after median, 0.5 days of treatment with statins (indicating that statins could potentially exert an antithrombotic effect even earlier than supposed from pharmacological studies. Violi et al recently showed the first evidence that atorvastatin acutely and simultaneously decreases oxidative stress and platelet activation by directly inhibiting platelet Nox2 and ultimately platelet isoprostanes and thromboxane A2 so providinf a rationale for the use of statins to prevent or modulate coronary thrombosis. Whereas recent data suggest that inflammatory reactions are involved in the pathogenesis and progression of cerebral ischaemia , no study has evaluated effects of atorvastatin 80 mg/day after a recent stroke on stroke outcome and on immunoinflammatory markers so to evaluate acute antithrombotic and anti-inflammatory effects of atorvastatin also in acute cerebrovascular event setting. On this basis the primary objective of the study was to evaluate the separate effects of atorvastatin in vivo on immunoinflammatory markers and on stroke prognosis in patients with recent acute ischemic stroke classified as atherothrombotic.

Conditions

Ischemic Stroke

Keywords

Atorvastatin, ischemic stroke, cytokines

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• NIHSS score at 72 hour

  differences with regard of NIHSS score at 72 hours

  72 hours

• differences in msRankin score

  72 hours

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Plasma levels of inflammatory cytokines at 72 hours

  72 hours

• Outcome measure ( rankin score)

  seven days

Study Arms (2)

early Atorvastatin treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

Ischemic stroke patients treated with with atorvastatin 80 mg at admission until discharge

Drug: Atorvastatin

no early treatment with atorvastatin

NO INTERVENTION

Ischemic stroke patients not treated with with atorvastatin 80 mg until discharge

Interventions

Atorvastatin DRUG

treatment with atorvastatin 80 mg (once-daily) from admission day until discharge

early Atorvastatin treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Eligible patients were men and women over 18 years of age who had an acute ischemic stroke with a symptom time onset \< 48 hours

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with inflammatory or infectious diseases, cancer, hematological diseases and severe renal or liver failure, as well as those who were under treatment with anti-inflammatory were excluded

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Palermo: lead

Study Sites (1)

Internal Medicine Ward, University of Palermo

Palermo, Italy, 90127, Italy

Location

Related Publications (20)

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  PMID: 15958087 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 16899775 BACKGROUND

• Licata G, Tuttolomondo A, Corrao S, Di Raimondo D, Fernandez P, Caruso C, Avellone G, Pinto A. Immunoinflammatory activation during the acute phase of lacunar and non-lacunar ischemic stroke: association with time of onset and diabetic state. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2006 Jul-Sep;19(3):639-46. doi: 10.1177/039463200601900320.

  PMID: 17026849 BACKGROUND

• Tuttolomondo A, Di Sciacca R, Di Raimondo D, Serio A, D'Aguanno G, La Placa S, Pecoraro R, Arnao V, Marino L, Monaco S, Natale E, Licata G, Pinto A. Plasma levels of inflammatory and thrombotic/fibrinolytic markers in acute ischemic strokes: relationship with TOAST subtype, outcome and infarct site. J Neuroimmunol. 2009 Oct 30;215(1-2):84-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.06.019. Epub 2009 Aug 19.

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  PMID: 17132137 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 9346436 BACKGROUND

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• Antoniades C, Bakogiannis C, Leeson P, Guzik TJ, Zhang MH, Tousoulis D, Antonopoulos AS, Demosthenous M, Marinou K, Hale A, Paschalis A, Psarros C, Triantafyllou C, Bendall J, Casadei B, Stefanadis C, Channon KM. Rapid, direct effects of statin treatment on arterial redox state and nitric oxide bioavailability in human atherosclerosis via tetrahydrobiopterin-mediated endothelial nitric oxide synthase coupling. Circulation. 2011 Jul 19;124(3):335-45. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.985150. Epub 2011 Jul 5.

  PMID: 21730307 BACKGROUND

• Santos MT, Fuset MP, Ruano M, Moscardo A, Valles J. Effect of atorvastatin on platelet thromboxane A(2) synthesis in aspirin-treated patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 15;104(12):1618-23. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.039.

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• Pignatelli P, Sanguigni V, Lenti L, Loffredo L, Carnevale R, Sorge R, Violi F. Oxidative stress-mediated platelet CD40 ligand upregulation in patients with hypercholesterolemia: effect of atorvastatin. J Thromb Haemost. 2007 Jun;5(6):1170-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2007.02533.x.

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• Reis PA, Estato V, da Silva TI, d'Avila JC, Siqueira LD, Assis EF, Bozza PT, Bozza FA, Tibirica EV, Zimmerman GA, Castro-Faria-Neto HC. Statins decrease neuroinflammation and prevent cognitive impairment after cerebral malaria. PLoS Pathog. 2012 Dec;8(12):e1003099. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003099. Epub 2012 Dec 27.

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• Piermartiri TC, Figueiredo CP, Rial D, Duarte FS, Bezerra SC, Mancini G, de Bem AF, Prediger RD, Tasca CI. Atorvastatin prevents hippocampal cell death, neuroinflammation and oxidative stress following amyloid-beta(1-40) administration in mice: evidence for dissociation between cognitive deficits and neuronal damage. Exp Neurol. 2010 Dec;226(2):274-84. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.08.030. Epub 2010 Sep 15.

  PMID: 20816828 BACKGROUND

• Tuttolomondo A, Di Raimondo D, Pecoraro R, Maida C, Arnao V, Della Corte V, Simonetta I, Corpora F, Di Bona D, Maugeri R, Iacopino DG, Pinto A. Early High-dosage Atorvastatin Treatment Improved Serum Immune-inflammatory Markers and Functional Outcome in Acute Ischemic Strokes Classified as Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke: A Randomized Trial. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Mar;95(13):e3186. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003186.

  PMID: 27043681 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Ischemic Stroke

Interventions

Atorvastatin

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stroke; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pyrroles; Azoles; Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring; Heterocyclic Compounds; Heptanoic Acids; Fatty Acids; Lipids

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 4
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2014
• First Posted: August 26, 2014
• Study Start: November 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2014
• Study Completion: March 1, 2014
• Last Updated: August 26, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-08

Locations

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