Statins In Intracerbral Hemorrhage

NCT ID: NCT03936361

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

1456 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-06-10

Study Completion Date

2028-12-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The SATURN trial aims to determine whether continuation vs. discontinuation of statin drugs after spontaneous lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is the best strategy; and whether the decision to continue/discontinue statins should be influenced by an individual's Apolipoprotein-E (APOE) genotype.

An MRI ancillary study (SATURN MRI), in a subset of SATURN participants , will evaluate the effects of continuation vs. discontinuation of statin drugs on hemorrhagic and ischemic MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease, and whether the presence/burden of hemorrhagic markers (i.e. cerebral microbleeds and/or cortical superficial siderosis) on baseline MRI influences the risk of ICH recurrence on/off statin therapy.

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

SATURN is a multi-center, pragmatic, prospective, randomized, open-label, and blinded end-point assessment (PROBE) clinical trial. A total of 1,456 patients presenting within 7 days of a spontaneous lobar ICH while taking statins will be randomized to one of two treatment strategies: discontinuation vs. continuation of statin therapy (using the same agent and dose that they were using at ICH onset). Participating subjects will undergo baseline testing for APOE genotype and will be followed for 24 months to assess for the occurrence of recurrent symptomatic ICH or major adverse cerebro-/cardio-vascular events (MACCE) during the follow-up period. A subset of SATURN participants will participate in the optional MRI study, where they will undergo a baseline MRI within 7 days of randomization into SATURN and a repeat MRI at the end of the follow-up period.

Recruitment will take place at \~ 140 sites coordinated through the NIH/NINDS StrokeNet and the Canadian Stroke Consortium.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be randomized at 1:1 ratio to either continue the same statin drug and dosage that they are taking at the time of ICH onset or to discontinue it for up to 24 months after ICH. No placebo will be prescribed for those randomized to discontinue statins.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Statin

The same statin agent and dose that subjects were using at the time of ICH onset.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Statins

Intervention Type DRUG

Statin drugs (already prescribed) at ICH onset will be either continued or discontinued by the participants following qualifying ICH

No-statin

Subjects will discontinue the statin agent that they were taking at the time of ICH onset. No placebo will be prescribed for these subjects.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Statins

Statin drugs (already prescribed) at ICH onset will be either continued or discontinued by the participants following qualifying ICH

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Discover alternative or legacy names that may be used to describe the listed interventions across different sources.

HMG CoA

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age ≥ 50 years.
2. Spontaneous lobar ICH confirmed by CT or MRI scan
3. Patient was taking a statin drug at the onset of the qualifying/index ICH
4. Randomization can be carried out within 7 days of the onset of the qualifying ICH
5. Patient or legally authorized representative, after consultation with the statin prescriber, agrees to be randomized to statin continuation (restart) vs. discontinuation

Exclusion Criteria

1. Suspected secondary cause for the qualifying ICH, such as an underlying vascular abnormality or tumor, trauma, venous infarction, or hemorrhagic transformation of an ischemic infarct.
2. History of recent myocardial infarction (attributed to coronary artery disease) or unstable angina within the previous 3 months
3. Diabetic patients with history of myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization
4. History of familial hypercholesterolemia
5. Patients receiving proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors
6. Known diagnosis of severe dementia
7. Inability to obtain informed consent
8. Patients known or suspected of not being able to comply with the study protocol due to alcoholism, drug dependency, or other obvious reasons for noncompliance, such as unable to adhere to the protocol specified visits/assessments.
9. Life expectancy of less than 24 months due to co-morbid terminal conditions.
10. Pre-morbid mRS \>3
11. ICH score \>3 upon presentation.
12. Contraindications to continuation/resumption of statin therapy, such as significant elevations of serum creatinine kinase and/or liver transaminases, and rhabdomyolysis
13. Woman of childbearing potential
14. Concurrent participation in another research protocol for investigation of experimental therapy.
15. Indication that withdrawal of care will be implemented for the qualifying ICH.
Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

Meet the organizations funding or collaborating on the study and learn about their roles.

NINDS Stroke Trials Network (StrokeNet)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Canadian Stroke Consortium (CSC)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Cincinnati

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical University of South Carolina

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

MetroHealth Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UH, Cleveland Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Spectrum Health Hospitals

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

West Virginia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Columbia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Buffalo General Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

State University of New York - Upstate Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, New Jersey

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tufts Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

UMass Memorial Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Brigham and Women's Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Baystate Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Vermont Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Augusta University Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Prisma Health-Upstate

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Virginia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

George Washington University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Maryland, Baltimore

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mount Sinai Hospital, New York

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NYU Langone Medical Center - Tisch Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Montefiore Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Froedtert Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Central DuPage Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rush University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Loyola University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Stanford University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mercy San Juan Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oregon Health and Science University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Kaiser Permanente

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Southern California

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of New Mexico

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Long Beach Memorial Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, Irvine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Huntington Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Scripps Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Diego

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ochsner Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Desert Care Network

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eden Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

San Francisco General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Louisville

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Iowa

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sanford Medical Center Fargo

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Nebraska

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tampa General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Jackson Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Mercy Health Saint Mary Grand Rapids

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Metro Health, Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Kentucky

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

McLaren Health Care

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Regions Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Allina Health System

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Kansas

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Cloud Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Abington Memorial Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Temple University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lehigh Valley Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

York Hospital, York, PA

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thomas Jefferson University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. David's HealthCare

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Baylor College of Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Tulane Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

OU Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Swedish Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Mary's Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Banner University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Intermountain Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Sacred Heart Medical Center Springfield

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Wisconsin, Madison

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Aurora BayCare Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of South Alabama

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Carolinas Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Arkansas

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

OSF Healthcare System

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cox Medical Center South

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

North Shore University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Rhode Island Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hartford Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Staten Island University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Alberta

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Ottawa Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

London Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hamilton General Hospital

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hopital de l'Enfant-Jesus

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Foothills Medical Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Health Network, Toronto

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Montérégie-Centre

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Fraser Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hopital de Chicoutimi

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Université de Sherbrooke

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

Identify the individual or organization who holds primary responsibility for the study information submitted to regulators.

Magdy H Selim, MD, PhD

Professor of Neurology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Explore where the study is taking place and check the recruitment status at each participating site.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

Review the countries where the study has at least one active or historical site.

United States

Central Contacts

Reach out to these primary contacts for questions about participation or study logistics.

Magdy Selim, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

617-632-8913

Facility Contacts

Find local site contact details for specific facilities participating in the trial.

Magdy Selim, MD, PhD

Role: primary

References

Explore related publications, articles, or registry entries linked to this study.

Marchina S, Yeatts SD, Foster LD, Janis S, Shoamanesh A, Khatri P, Bernstein K, Perlmutter A, Stever C, Heistand EC, Broderick JP, Greenberg SM, Leira EC, Rosand J, Lioutas VA, Salman RAS, Tirschwell D, Marti-Fabregas J, Selim M. Rationale and Design of the Statin Use in Intracerebral Hemorrhage Patients (SATURN) Trial. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025;54(2):270-277. doi: 10.1159/000538195. Epub 2024 Mar 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38493765 (View on PubMed)

Marchina S, Foster LD, Yeatts SD, Khatri P, Bernstein K, Perlmutter A, Heistand EC, Smith EE, Sharma M, Broderick JP, Lioutas VA, Marti-Fabregas J, Selim M, Shoamanesh A. SATURN MRI: study protocol for the statin use in intracerebral hemorrhage patients MRI ancillary study. Trials. 2025 Aug 30;26(1):323. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09024-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 40886018 (View on PubMed)

Zhao W, Yeatts SD, Broderick JP, Selim MH, Adeoye OM, Durkalski-Mauldin VL, Meinzer CN, Martin RH, Dillon CR, Cassarly CN, Pauls KH, Elm JJ. Optimal Randomization Designs for Large Multicenter Clinical Trials: From the National Institutes of Health Stroke Trials Network Funded by National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Experience. Stroke. 2023 Jul;54(7):1909-1919. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.040743. Epub 2023 Apr 20.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37078281 (View on PubMed)

Szejko N, Kirsch E, Falcone GJ. Genetic determinants of LDL cholesterol and risk of intracerebral haemorrhage. Curr Opin Lipidol. 2021 Aug 1;32(4):244-248. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000761.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34010223 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Review additional registry numbers or institutional identifiers associated with this trial.

2018C000515

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

More Related Trials

Additional clinical trials that may be relevant based on similarity analysis.