Non-Invasive Intracranial Pressure in COVID-19 Individuals

NCT ID: NCT04861402

Last Updated: 2025-09-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2021-12-15

Brief Summary

The use of non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring, including intracranial pressure pulse morphology in patients with COVID-19, could calculate possible components associated with the presence of neurological symptoms in these patients, in addition to being a tool with the potential to monitor the repercussion of MV at cerebral compliance patient patients. In addition, it is likely that patients with COVID-19 also have cerebral embolization more frequently than healthy patients, which is justified by transcranial doppler ultrasound assessment. The aim of the study is to monitor this brain pressure using a non-invasive method of monitoring, with a helmet-like system in place, for 1 hour for 7 consecutive days. There will be no associated invasive procedure of any kind. Monitoring will be done by the criteria themselves, no place where the patient and the mandatory volunteer. Another objective is to capture signs of microembolisms (small strokes that have not yet manifested) by performing a doppler ultrasound on the head with a helmet also for 1 hour, in a single evaluation.

The study population will include inpatients with COVID-19 infection. The control group will be in patients who do not have Covid-19. The control group will consist of people with similar characteristics and who have not recovered. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria incorporated into the monitoring with a non-invasive intracranial pressure device for 1 hour during hospitalization (Brain4Care® device approved by ANVISA), being monitored for up to seven days, in addition to monitoring for 1 hour with a transcranial doppler ultrasound helmet DWL® in a single assessment. There will be no invasive procedures or other equipment used without due knowledge by Organs competent bodies. It does not collect collection or retention of any biological material.

Detailed Description

INTRODUCTION: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease transmitted one person to another mainly from cough and sneeze aerosols as well as from contaminated surfaces. The most common respiratory symptoms are dry cough, fever, and dyspnea, but the Severe Respiratory Acute Syndrome (SARS) can be installed increasing disease´s mortality. In addition, neurological symptoms have been described according the increase of severity and age. Changes of intracranial pressure (ICP) can partially explain the Central Nervous System (CNS) impairment due to COVID-19. The ICP waveform can bring relevant information about intracranial compliance, and, nowadays, it can be measured by non-invasive technology. Clinically, non-invasive ICP waveform assessment would help to understand the repercussion of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (IMV) on CNS in COVID-19 persons. AIMS: This study aims to evaluate the ICP waveform in intubated and non-intubated COVID-19 persons. Furthermore, the association between ICP and IMV parameters, level of sedation, heart rate variability, neurological symptoms, neuroimage, and final discharge will be investigated. . METHODS: At least 30 COVID-19 individuals will be included within 72h from admission and 14 days from symptoms onset. They will be divided into two groups: non-intubated (n=15) and intubated, paired with non-COVID-19 ones (non-intubated and intubated non-COVID-19 groups, respectively). The non-invasive ICP monitoring will be daily performed for 7 consecutive days. The Brain4Care's device and Analytic System will be used to assess the three pulse peaks (P1, 2 and 3) at the ICP waveform. The following variables will be investigated: P1 and P2 amplitude, P2/P1 ratio, time to peak and time percentage of P2 higher than P1. For statistics, all variables will be tested as to their normal or non-normal distribution through appropriate statical analyzes. For basic demographic and clinical variables, descriptive data analysis will be used. The repetitive measurement Anova will be used for ICP outcomes throughout the days. Pearson's or Spearman´s correlations will be applied according to data distribution.

Conditions

Intracranial Pressure

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Non-intubated COVID-19 group

Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old Diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Subjects intubated Time between admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h Non-intubated during the monitoring carried out in the study Time between onset symptoms and study inclusion ≤ 14 days No neurological acute disease No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously.

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive method developed by Brain4Care

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive way through the cranial deformation method developed by Brain4Care Inc.

The selected patients will be monitored until 1h/day for 7 sequential days or even discharge. The clinical outcomes such as ventilatory status will be noted (if the subject is under oxygen supplementation, using non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubated), the ventilatory parameters during the monitorization will be analyzed in the intubated group (or those from a non-intubated group who was intubated during the seven days of hospitalization) including IFO2, CV, PEEP, driving pressure, and pressure plate as well as ventilatory asynchronies. Some changes in ventilatory parameters during monitorization will be noted. These procedures will be applied to all groups, excepted to the healthy group. This last group will be monitored only once for 30 minutes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Intubated COVID-19 group

Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old Diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Subjects intubated Time between admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h For intubated group time between IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h Time between onset symptoms and study inclusion ≤ 14 days No neurological acute disease No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously.

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive method developed by Brain4Care

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive way through the cranial deformation method developed by Brain4Care Inc.

The selected patients will be monitored until 1h/day for 7 sequential days or even discharge. The clinical outcomes such as ventilatory status will be noted (if the subject is under oxygen supplementation, using non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubated), the ventilatory parameters during the monitorization will be analyzed in the intubated group (or those from a non-intubated group who was intubated during the seven days of hospitalization) including IFO2, CV, PEEP, driving pressure, and pressure plate as well as ventilatory asynchronies. Some changes in ventilatory parameters during monitorization will be noted. These procedures will be applied to all groups, excepted to the healthy group. This last group will be monitored only once for 30 minutes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Health control group

Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring No symptoms of COVID-19 on the last 15 days

• For healthy group: No previous neurological disease No chronic disease as Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, hypertension or Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously.

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive method developed by Brain4Care

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive way through the cranial deformation method developed by Brain4Care Inc.

The selected patients will be monitored until 1h/day for 7 sequential days or even discharge. The clinical outcomes such as ventilatory status will be noted (if the subject is under oxygen supplementation, using non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubated), the ventilatory parameters during the monitorization will be analyzed in the intubated group (or those from a non-intubated group who was intubated during the seven days of hospitalization) including IFO2, CV, PEEP, driving pressure, and pressure plate as well as ventilatory asynchronies. Some changes in ventilatory parameters during monitorization will be noted. These procedures will be applied to all groups, excepted to the healthy group. This last group will be monitored only once for 30 minutes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Non-COVID-19 and non-neurological disease intubated group

Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring

• For intubated group: ICF signed by the participant or his/her legal representative* Intubated patients for others causes than COVID-19 or neurological diseases IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h No symptoms of COVID-19 on the last 15 days No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously.

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive method developed by Brain4Care

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive way through the cranial deformation method developed by Brain4Care Inc.

The selected patients will be monitored until 1h/day for 7 sequential days or even discharge. The clinical outcomes such as ventilatory status will be noted (if the subject is under oxygen supplementation, using non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubated), the ventilatory parameters during the monitorization will be analyzed in the intubated group (or those from a non-intubated group who was intubated during the seven days of hospitalization) including IFO2, CV, PEEP, driving pressure, and pressure plate as well as ventilatory asynchronies. Some changes in ventilatory parameters during monitorization will be noted. These procedures will be applied to all groups, excepted to the healthy group. This last group will be monitored only once for 30 minutes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Interventions

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive method developed by Brain4Care

The ICP monitoring will be performed in a non-invasive way through the cranial deformation method developed by Brain4Care Inc.

The selected patients will be monitored until 1h/day for 7 sequential days or even discharge. The clinical outcomes such as ventilatory status will be noted (if the subject is under oxygen supplementation, using non-invasive mechanical ventilation or intubated), the ventilatory parameters during the monitorization will be analyzed in the intubated group (or those from a non-intubated group who was intubated during the seven days of hospitalization) including IFO2, CV, PEEP, driving pressure, and pressure plate as well as ventilatory asynchronies. Some changes in ventilatory parameters during monitorization will be noted. These procedures will be applied to all groups, excepted to the healthy group. This last group will be monitored only once for 30 minutes at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar).

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

The presence of spontaneous microembolization will be assessed by means of non-invasive monitoring by transcranial doppler

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

For COVID-19 group:

• Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old Diagnosis of COVID-19 confirmed by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Subjects intubated or non-intubated Time between admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h For intubated group time between IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h Time between onset symptoms and study inclusion ≤ 14 days No neurological acute disease No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring ICF signed by the participant or his/her legal representative*

No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously. Subjects intubated or non-intubated For intubated group time between IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h Time between admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h Time between onset symptoms and study inclusion ≤14 days No neurological acute disease

For Controls Group:

Men and women (not pregnant) Older than 18 years old No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the ICP monitoring • For intubated group: ICF signed by the participant or his/her legal representative* Intubated patients for others causes than COVID-19 or neurological diseases IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h No symptoms of COVID-19 on the last 15 days

• For healthy group: No previous neurological disease No chronic disease as Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Heart Failure, hypertension or Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

No cutaneous injury in the head to impossibility the monitoring with the transcranial doppler helmet Patients who have not been submitted to decompressive craniectomy previously.

IUC admission and study inclusion ≤ 72h No neurological diseases

Exclusion Criteria

• It will be excluded those who asked to stop their participation, and those with problems in acquiring ICP data.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Sens4care

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gisele Sampaio Silva

Gisele Sampaio Silva

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

GISELE GS SILVA, SAMPAIO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Uf SAO PAULO

Locations

Hospital São Paulo

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

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Other Identifiers

31589920.7.1001.5505

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id