Stellate Ganglion Block Combined With Dexmedetomidine or Subanesthetic Ketamine Infusion for Treatment of Neurostorm.
NCT ID: NCT06354673
Last Updated: 2025-12-31
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
205 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-04-04
2025-09-04
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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I. Technical Design:
1. Site of study:
This study will be carried out in the emergency intensive Care unit (ICU) of Zagazig University Hospitals within 6 months.
2. Sample size:
The sample size was collected using G power version 3.1.9.7 according to the following expected moderate effect size between stellate ganglion plus dexmedetomidine group (SD group) and stellate ganglion block plus ketamine group (SK group) (d=0.5) CI 95% and power 80% the sample size was calculated to be 102,51 in each group.
3. Patients included in this study:
* Inclusion criteria:
1. Written informed consent from 1st degree relative.
2. Physical ASA status I \& II.
3. BMI less than or equal 35.
4. Traumatic brain injury patients.
5. Age: ≥18 years old.
6. Sex: both sexes.
7. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity will be diagnosed on the basis of diagnostic criteria proposed by Blackman et al.(2), The signs of PAID syndrome include: (1) Severe brain injury (Rancho Los Amigos level IV), (2) temperature of at least 38.5°C, (3) pulse of at least 130 beats/min, (4) respiratory rate of at least 140 breaths/min, (5) agitation, (6) diaphoresis, and (7) dystonia (i.e. rigidity or decerebrate posturing). The duration is at least1 cycle/day for at least 3 days.
* Exclusion criteria:
1. Known hypersensitivity to study drugs.
2. Patients with primary brain stem injury or brain stem hemorrhage
3. Severe systemic organ diseases.
4. GCS score =3 points
5. Patients complicated with severe coagulation abnormalities, hemorrhagic shock, multiple organ failure.
6. Patients with a history of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction within the past three months.
7. Patients complicated with a history of end stage malignancy.
8. Patients complicated with a history of uncontrolled epilepsy.
Withdrawal criteria:
The patient has the right to withdraw from the study at any time without any negative consequence on their medical treatment plan.
II. Operational Design:
1. Type of study:
Double-blinded randomized clinical trial.
2. Parameters of the study will include:
All patients suspected of having PSH will underwent detailed clinical history and physical examination. Hemodynamics monitoring including heart rate and mean arterial pressure (MAP) also temperature monitoring will be done as base line before the block and after stellate ganglion block every one hour over 24 hours until remission (till return to normal values for age and sex). These patients will be also subjected to routine hematological investigations including, complete blood count, kidney and liver function test, coagulation profile, urine analysis for myoglobinuria and thyroid profile. septic screening including, blood, urine, tracheal aspirate and sputum culture and radiological assessment by using chest x-ray.
All patients developing PSH will be randomly allocated by using computerized generated randomization table into two groups:
SD group: Stellate ganglion block and 1 ug/kg/h intravenous Dexmedetomidine infusion.
SK group: Stellate ganglion block and 0.5 mg/kg/h intravenous ketamine infusion.
Stellate ganglion block :
Patients will undergo an ultrasonography-guided SGB at bedside under standard American Society of Anesthesiologists monitoring standards. The patient will be placed in supine position with the head turn to the opposite side. The anterior and lateral parts of the neck will be prepped with chlorhexidine, and a linear (13-6 MHz) ultrasound probe will be applied to the anterolateral neck at the cricoid cartilage level to identify the transverse process of C6 and C7, anterior tubercle of C6 (Chassaignac tubercle), longus colli muscle and surrounding neurovascular structure. The needle will be advanced with an in-plane technique and aimed to deposit the local anesthetics medial to the Chassaignac tubercle and anterior to pre-vertebral fascia of longus colli muscle. After that, a catheter will be advanced through the needle and secured in place. After aspiration, 10 ml of bupivacaine 0.25% solution will be injected through the catheter and repeated every 48 hours till time of remission.
a. Data to be measured:
1. Demographic data including, age, sex, BMI, ASA classification.
2. Hemodynamics including, MAP and heart rate and temperature measurement as base line before stellate ganglion block, after stellate ganglion block and furtherly every hour over 24 hours till time of remission (return to normal value for age and sex).
3. Remission time of paroxysmal hypertension (min): time from the start of treatment till return to normal blood pressure).
4. Remission time of paroxysmal tachycardia (min): time from the start of treatment till return to normal heart rate).
5. Remission time of paroxysmal hypermyotonia (day): the criteria of muscle hyperactivity is the rigid posture or sever dystonia (i.e. rigidity or decerebrate posturing).
6. Remission time of decrease respiratory rate below 25 breath/min (min): time from the start of treatment till time of decrease respiratory rate below 25 breath/min.
7. Changes in glascow coma scale score (GSC) from admission to ICU till discharge: GSC will be evaluated once daily.
8. Duration of ICU stay (days): the duration from the admission till discharge from ICU.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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SD group
Stellate ganglion block and 1 ug/kg/h intravenous Dexmedetomidine infusion
Stellate ganglion block
Sympathectomy by using combination of regional nerve block and systemic drugs
Dexmedetomidine
intravenous Dexmedetomidine infusion
SK group
Stellate ganglion block and 0.5 mg/kg/h intravenous ketamine infusion.
Stellate ganglion block
Sympathectomy by using combination of regional nerve block and systemic drugs
Ketamine
intravenous ketamine infusion
Interventions
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Stellate ganglion block
Sympathectomy by using combination of regional nerve block and systemic drugs
Dexmedetomidine
intravenous Dexmedetomidine infusion
Ketamine
intravenous ketamine infusion
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Physical ASA status I \& II.
3. BMI less than or equal 35.
4. Traumatic brain injury patients.
5. Age: ≥18 years old.
6. Sex: both sexes.
7. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity will be diagnosed on the basis of diagnostic criteria proposed by Blackman et al.(2), The signs of PAID syndrome include: (1) Severe brain injury (Rancho Los Amigos level IV), (2) temperature of at least 38.5°C, (3) pulse of at least 130 beats/min, (4) respiratory rate of at least 140 breaths/min, (5) agitation, (6) diaphoresis, and (7) dystonia (i.e. rigidity or decerebrate posturing). The duration is at least 1 cycle/day for at least 3 days
Exclusion Criteria
6\) Patients with a history of cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction within the past 3 months. 7) Patients complicated with a history of end stage malignancy.
8\) Patients complicated with a history of uncontrolled epilepsy.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Zagazig University
OTHER_GOV
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Eslam S. Almaghawry Mohamed, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Zagazig University
Locations
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Zagazig university
Zagazig, , Egypt
Countries
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References
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Peters AJ, Villasana LE, Schnell E. Ketamine Alters Hippocampal Cell Proliferation and Improves Learning in Mice after Traumatic Brain Injury. Anesthesiology. 2018 Aug;129(2):278-295. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002197.
Browne CA, Wulf HA, Jacobson ML, Oyola MG, Wu TJ, Lucki I. Long-term increase in sensitivity to ketamine's behavioral effects in mice exposed to mild blast induced traumatic brain injury. Exp Neurol. 2022 Apr;350:113963. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113963. Epub 2021 Dec 28.
Meyfroidt G, Baguley IJ, Menon DK. Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity: the storm after acute brain injury. Lancet Neurol. 2017 Sep;16(9):721-729. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30259-4.
Blackman JA, Patrick PD, Buck ML, Rust RS Jr. Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia after brain injury. Arch Neurol. 2004 Mar;61(3):321-8. doi: 10.1001/archneur.61.3.321.
Doi S, Cho N, Obara T. Stellate ganglion block increases blood flow in the anastomotic artery after superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery bypass. Br J Anaesth. 2016 Sep;117(3):395-6. doi: 10.1093/bja/aew230. No abstract available.
Jain V, Rath GP, Dash HH, Bithal PK, Chouhan RS, Suri A. Stellate ganglion block for treatment of cerebral vasospasm in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - A preliminary study. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Oct;27(4):516-21. doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.86598.
Lipov E, Sethi Z, Nandra G, Frueh C. Efficacy of combined subanesthetic ketamine infusion and cervical sympathetic blockade as a symptomatic treatment of PTSD/TBI in a special forces patient with a 1-year follow-up: A case report. Heliyon. 2023 Mar 27;9(4):e14891. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14891. eCollection 2023 Apr.
Other Identifiers
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278/1-April-2024
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id