Trial of EXenatide in Acute Ischaemic Stroke

NCT ID: NCT03287076

Last Updated: 2021-09-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 350 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-11-23
• Study Completion Date: 2021-12-31

Brief Summary

A multicentre, randomised controlled Trial of Exenatide versus standard care in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Detailed Description

Overview: Elevated blood glucose levels are common in many acute diseases, resulting in worse clinical outcomes. Hyperglycaemia in acute ischaemic stroke (post-stroke hyperglycaemia [PSH]) occurs in up to 50% patients, reduces the efficacy of stroke thrombolysis with increased risk of haemorrhage, increases infarct size, and results in worse clinical outcomes and death. Insulin-based therapies have not proved beneficial in treating PSH: they are difficult to implement and maintain, cause frequent hypoglycaemia, may cause increased infarct size, and do not reduce mortality or improve clinical outcomes. An alternative, simple to use, treatment for PSH may therefore have a significant impact not only for acute stroke care, but in other acute diseases.

Pilot data: Exenatide is a commonly used diabetes drug (a synthetic glucagon- like peptide-1 receptor agonist) that increases insulin secretion. Importantly, this action is glucose dependent - as blood glucose levels decrease, its stimulatory effect on insulin secretion subsides, with a very low risk of hypoglycaemia. A small randomised pilot study of 17 consecutive, unselected patients (ie. regardless of their admission glucose level) with acute ischaemic stroke compared subcutaneous exenatide 5μg for 5 days with routine standard of care. Overall, blood glucose levels remained consistently lower (and less variable) in the exenatide group, and most noticeably in those stroke patients with known diabetes. Exenatide was safe and well tolerated by all patients, with no symptomatic hypoglycaemia.

Trial design: TEXAIS is a 3 year Phase 2, multi centre, prospective, randomised, open label, blinded end-point (PROBE) trial comparing Exenatide to Standard of Care. The sample size is 528 patients (264 in each arm).

Intervention: Treatment arm will receive Exenatide (Byetta) 5μg subcutaneously twice daily for five days, commencing within 9 hours of symptom onset. Stroke onset time for wake-up strokes is taken as mid-point between going to bed, and waking up. Antiemetic therapy (metoclopramide or ondansetron) will be commenced with the first dose of Exenatide. In patients receiving tPA, Exenatide will be given alongside, or as soon as possible, following tPA administration (within 60 minutes). Diabetic patients already on oral agents and/or insulin may continue these (as per standard practice) in addition to Exenatide. Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) will track the intra-day dynamic variability of glucose in acute stroke.

Translation: TEXAIS is a simple, practical, study that can enrol all patients with ischaemic stroke, regardless of admission blood glucose level, regardless of stroke severity, with no target glucose level, and with low risk of hypoglycaemia.

Conditions

Acute Ischemic Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Active

Patients will receive exenatide injections

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exenatide Injection

Intervention Type: DRUG

5μg subcutaneously twice daily for five days, commencing within 9 hours of symptom onset

Standard Care

Standard care for stroke as per hospital protocol

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exenatide Injection

5μg subcutaneously twice daily for five days, commencing within 9 hours of symptom onset

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Byetta

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Males and females 18 years or older
• Acute Ischaemic Stroke - CT brain exclusion of haemorrhagic stroke
• Blood glucose level on admission ≥ 4mmol/L
• First trial treatment possible within 9 hours of stroke onset
• Pre-morbid /mRS score of 0-2

Exclusion Criteria

• Haemorrhagic stroke
• Poor clinical prognosis /palliation (considered unlikely to survive beyond 14 days post stroke).
• Any known allergy or hypersensitivity to Exenatide
• Females who are pregnant (known or suspected) or currently breastfeeding
• Any past history of pancreatitis or evidence of active pancreatitis
• History of active severe gastrointestinal disease (including but not limited to gastroparesis and dumping syndrome)
• Current chronic kidney disease stage 4 or 5 (creatinine clearance <30ml/min)
• Current participation in another interventional clinical trial
• Inability to provide consent (participant or person responsible as local laws apply)
• Current use of Exenatide (Byetta®), or other GLP-1 agonist diabetes medication
• Patients considered unlikely to be able to be followed up at 3 months (including but not limited to geographical location of patient at 3 months)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Monash University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Neuroscience Trials Australia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Christopher Bladin

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health Melbourne Brain Centre

Locations

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Liverpool Hospital

Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

Sunshine Coast University Hospital

Birtinya, Queensland, Australia

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Herston, Queensland, Australia

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

Launceston General Hospital

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Box Hill Hospital

Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Austin Hospital

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Royal Melbourne Hospital

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

St John of God Midland Public & Private Hospital

Midland, Western Australia, Australia

Fiona Stanley Hospital

Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia

Helsinki University Hospital

Helsinki, , Finland

CDHB Christchurch Hospital

Christchurch, , New Zealand

Countries

Australia; Finland; New Zealand

References

Bladin CF, Wah Cheung N, Dewey HM, Churilov L, Middleton S, Thijs V, Ekinci E, Levi CR, Lindley R, Donnan GA, Parsons MW, Meretoja A, Tiainen M, Choi PMC, Cordato D, Brown H, Campbell BCV, Davis SM, Cloud G, Grimley R, Lee-Archer M, Ghia D, Sanders L, Markus R, Muller C, Salvaris P, Wu T, Fink J; TEXAIS Investigators. Management of Poststroke Hyperglycemia: Results of the TEXAIS Randomized Clinical Trial. Stroke. 2023 Dec;54(12):2962-2971. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.123.044568. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 38011235 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2018-004325-88

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NTA1127

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id