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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
201 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2015-08-13
2022-11-30
Brief Summary
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To this end, the investigators recruit and prospectively follow 3 groups of patients with ischemic stroke over 1 year. During the first night after hospital admission due to acute stroke, nocturnal breathing is assessed by means of a respiratory polygraphy. Patients with significant sleep disordered breathing, defined as an Apnea-Hypopnea-Index (AHI) \> 20/h, are randomized to ASV treatment or no treatment (sSDB ASV+ or sSDB ASV-). ASV treatment starts the second night following hospital admission and ends 90 days later. Stroke patients without SDB (AHI \< 5 / h) serve as a control group (no SDB) to observe the evolution of the lesion volume and stroke outcome without the additional burden of SDB.
Lesion volume one day after hospital admission due to acute stroke (after potential lysis therapy) measured by Diffusion Weighted Imaging will be subtracted from lesion volume measured by T2-weighted volumetry assessed 90(+/-7) days following stroke and compared between patients with and without ASV treatment (sSDB ASV+ and sSDB ASV-) as well as patients without SDB (no SDB). Short- and long-term clinical stroke outcomes are assessed by clinical scales and questionnaires 4 to 7 days, 3 months and 1 year following stroke. Cognitive outcome is assessed during hospitalization (within the first week following stroke) and after the treatment period of 90 days by neuropsychological tests assessing attention and memory. In addition, baseline assessment of physiological parameters such as blood pressure and endothelial function/arterial stiffness are assessed during the first weeks following stroke and at the end of the treatment period, i.e. approximately 90 days following stroke.
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Detailed Description
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Investigating the interrelation of stroke and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is of major importance. Stroke affects 2-3 individuals per 1000 a year and is the most common neurological cause of hospitalization and long-term disability in adulthood. SDB, i.e., obstructive, central and mixed forms of sleep apnea syndrome, is highly prevalent after acute stroke, affecting approximately over 50% of stroke patients. It is also a significant risk factor for stroke. Beside the high prevalence, SDB negatively influences stroke outcome. SDB after stroke has been found to be associated with a faster progression of stroke severity, higher blood pressure levels and longer hospitalization in the acute phase. Chronically, stroke patients with SDB exhibit worse functional outcome and a higher mortality. The mechanisms leading to the detrimental effects of SDB on stroke outcome are multiple and include changes of cerebral hemodynamics and brain oxygenation as well as a number of humoral and systemic changes. Frequent arousals during sleep and interruptions of deep sleep and sleep continuity may also negatively influence sleep-associated neuroplasticity.
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) is the treatment of choice in mixed and complex sleep apnea syndrome, consisting of the coexistence of obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea and central events. Pressure support is adjusted based on the patient's recent minute ventilation and respiratory rate, which means that ventilation can vary gradually and naturally over the course of the night and is continuously adjusted to the patient's need.
Due to the high prevalence of SDB following stroke and its detrimental effects on stroke outcome, it is crucial to investigate whether early treatment of central, obstructive and mixed forms of SDB with Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) has a beneficial effect on the evolution of the lesion volume and on clinical stroke outcome.
Objective
The primary objective of the present trial is to assess whether an immediate onset of ASV treatment in ischemic stroke patients with significant SDB (sSDB, Apnea-Hypopnea-Index (AHI) \> 20/h) has a favorable effect on infarct growth assessed as the difference in lesion volume before and 90 days after treatment start. The potential reduction in infarct growth should also result in a better clinical stroke outcome.
One of the secondary objectives of the trial is therefore to assess whether an immediate onset of ASV treatment in stroke patients with SDB improves clinical outcome and is tolerated and associated with good treatment compliance. Moreover, it will be investigated whether it improves cognitive outcome as well as short and long-term cortical reorganization assess by functional resting state imaging. The investigators are also interested whether ASV treatment improves physiological parameters such as blood pressure and endothelial function/arterial stiffness.
Methods
3 groups of patients are prospectively followed over 1 year. ASV treatment starts the second night following hospital admission due to acute ischemic stroke and ends 90 days later. Group assignment takes place the day following stroke after the assessment of SDB by respiratory polygraphy. Patients with an AHI \> 20/h are randomized to ASV treatment or no treatment (sSDB ASV+ or sSDB ASV-). Stroke patients without SDB (AHI \< 5 / h) serve as a control group (no SDB) to observe the evolution of the lesion volume and stroke outcome without the additional burden of SDB.
Evolution of lesion volume from the first to the 90st day following stroke and clinical (including cognitive) outcome 90 days after stroke will be compared between stroke patients with sSDB that receive ASV treatment (sSDB ASV+) versus no treatment (sSDB ASV-) and stroke patients without SDB (no SDB, AHI \< 5 / h).
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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sSDB ASV+
sSDB ASV+: Patients with an AHI \> 20/h assessed during the first night of stroke that are randomized to ASV treatment (AirCurveTM10 CS PACEWAVE Adaptive-Servo-Ventilator (ResMed Ldt., Australia)).
AirCurveTM10 CS PACEWAVE Adaptive-Servo-Ventilator (ResMed Ldt., Australia)
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) is a ventilator mode used to treat central and obstructive forms of sleep disordered breathing. It is authorized in Switzerland, bears a conformity marking (CE 0123) and it is used according to the approved indications. Stroke patients with an AHI \> 20/h assessed within the first night following stroke that are randomized to ASV treatment, starting in the second night after stroke, are part of this group. The other half of patients are randomized to no treatment and patients without sleep disordered breathing (AHI \< 5) following stroke serve as a control group
sSDB ASV-
sSDB ASV-: Patients with an AHI \> 20 no ASV treatment.
No interventions assigned to this group
no SDB
no SDB: Stroke patients without SDB (AHI \< 5 / h) serve as a control group to observe the evolution of the lesion volume and stroke outcome without the additional burden of SDB.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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AirCurveTM10 CS PACEWAVE Adaptive-Servo-Ventilator (ResMed Ldt., Australia)
Adaptive Servo-Ventilation (ASV) is a ventilator mode used to treat central and obstructive forms of sleep disordered breathing. It is authorized in Switzerland, bears a conformity marking (CE 0123) and it is used according to the approved indications. Stroke patients with an AHI \> 20/h assessed within the first night following stroke that are randomized to ASV treatment, starting in the second night after stroke, are part of this group. The other half of patients are randomized to no treatment and patients without sleep disordered breathing (AHI \< 5) following stroke serve as a control group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Admission to one of the participating centers
* Age 18-85 years
* Ischemic stroke detectable by neuroimaging, affecting internal carotid artery, anterior cerebral artery (ACA), middle cerebral artery (MCA), posterior cerebral artery (PCA) and/or branches thereof
* Symptom onset to admission \< 24 hours
* AHI \> 20/h or \< 5/h
Exclusion Criteria
* Secondary parenchymal haemorrhage (PH 1 and PH 2 according to ECASS; secondary haemorrhagic infarction HI 1 and HI 2 can be included)
* Small strokes (diameter \< 1.5cm)
* Coma/Stupor
* Intubation
* Clinically unstable or life threatening condition (oxygen-dependent pulmonary disease or severe pulmonary complications, severe renal or liver insufficiency, agitated patient, patients under blood pressure-elevating substances \>24h after stroke, patients that need decompressive craniectomy )
* Heart failure defined as known congestive heart failure (CHF) functional class NYHA III-IV (New York Heart Association) OR CHF NYHA II and hospitalization caused by CHF in the preceding 24 months
* OR left ventricular ejection fraction lower or equal 45% either known from preceding imaging method or found at the routine examination (echocardiography) during hospitalization
* Oxygen supply \> 2 l/min during day and night
* Intermediate AHI value: ≥ 5/h and ≤ 20/h
* Known progressive neurological diseases (such as dementia, Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis)
* Drug or alcohol abuse (\>14 units alcohol / week for males, \>7 units alcohol / week for females)
* Inability to follow study procedure
* Pregnancy
* Any given contraindications to MRI or MRI-contrast agent (allergy or severe renal impairment)
* Any given contraindications to ASV treatment
* Patients with clinical symptoms of COVID-19 infection during initial hospitalization
18 Years
85 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Swiss National Science Foundation
OTHER
TROPOS Stiftung für Humane Verhaltensforschung
UNKNOWN
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Claudio L Bassetti
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Department of Neurology, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Locations
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Clinic universitaire de physiologie, sommeil et exercice, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Grenoble
Grenoble, , France
Department and Out-Patient Care of Neurology, Charité Center Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry CC 15, Department of Neurology with Experimental Neurology, Center for Stroke Research Berlin (CSB)
Berlin, , Germany
Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, HNO-Universitätsklinik, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie
Mainz, , Germany
Federal State Budgetary Institution "Almazov National Medical Research Centre" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Saint Petersburg, , Russia
Department of Neurology, Pulmonary Medicine and Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Bern University Hospital
Bern, , Switzerland
Neurology Department, Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen
Sankt Gallen, , Switzerland
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2734
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
320030_149752
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
SNCTP000001521
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
33IC30_166827
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
016/15
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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