Intensive Ambulance-delivered Blood Pressure Reduction in Hyper-Acute Stroke Trial (INTERACT4)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03790800 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : January 2, 2019
Last Update Posted : May 25, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Stroke, Acute Cerebrovascular Disorders | Drug: urapidil | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 3116 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | central randomization with stratification |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Masking Description: | Outcome assessor is independent of the treatment team |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Intensive Ambulance-delivered Blood Pressure Reduction in Hyper-Acute Stroke Trial |
Actual Study Start Date : | March 20, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2023 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Intervention group
If systolic blood pressure>180:IV Urapidil 25mg If systolic blood pressure>150 (or 5 mins after first bolus) : IV Urapidil 25mg and to maintain this level after admission to hospital in those with confirmed acute stroke for the next 7 days (or hospital discharge if earlier)
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Drug: urapidil
A standard treatment regime based on intravenous (IV) bolus of 25mg urapidil administered over 1 minute. For those patients initial systolic blood pressure 180, another 25mg urapidil bolus will be given if the systolic blood pressure level persists >150 after 5 minutes.
Other Name: Intensive BP lowing |
No Intervention: control group
To receive blood pressure management according to standard local guidelines which recommend blood pressure lowering in hospital if systolic level is >220mmHg. This level will be considered by ambulance staff as a threshold for treatment if considered clinically important.
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- level of physical function [ Time Frame: Day 90 ]Level of function defined across 7 categories of disability on the modified Rankin scale (mRS 0-6) in which scores of 0 or 1 indicate good function without or with symptoms but not disability, socress of 2 indicates slight disability but independence, 3 to 5 indicate increasing levels of disability (and dependency), and a score of 6 indicates death.
- number of patients with serious adverse events [ Time Frame: Day 90 ]total number of serious adverse events reported during follow-up, according to standard definitions
- number of patients with any intracranial hemorrhage [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]reperfusion treatment (thrombolysis/thrombectomy) related symptomatic intracerebral number of cases of intracranial hemorrhage, according to standard definitions
- size of cerebral infarction [ Time Frame: Day 2 ]overall size of cerebral infarction on MRI within 2 days in cases of ischaemic stroke
- number of patients who receive reperfusion treatment [ Time Frame: Day 0 ]total number of cases of reperfusion (thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy) in ischemic stroke
- time to use of reperfusion treatment [ Time Frame: Day 0 ]time from symptom onset to reperfusion treatment in patients with ischemic stroke
- number of patients with symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage [ Time Frame: Day 7 ]number of cases of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage according to standard measure after reperfusion treatment
- size of hematoma volume [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]change in volume of hematoma from baseline to 24 hours, measured on brain imaging

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- age ≥18 years;
- Acute syndrome that is due to presumed acute stroke, defined as FAST(Face, Arm, Speech, Time) scores of ≥2 with an arm motor deficit and time ≤2 hours from last seen well;
- Systolic BP ≥150
- Able to provide brief informed consent (if a waver of consent is not approved by the ethics committee)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Coma - no response to tactile stimuli or verbal stimuli;
- Severe co-morbid disease (e.g. cancer, chronic airflow disease, severe dementia,severe heart failure,pre-stroke disability[needed help]);
- History of epilepsy or seizure at onset;
- History of recent head injury (<7 days);
- Hypoglycemia(glucose<2.8mmol/L)

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03790800
Contact: Lily Song | +86 13916466400 | lsong@georgeinstitute.org.cn |
China, Beijing | |
The George Institute for Global Health | Active, not recruiting |
Beijing, Beijing, China, 100088 | |
China, Shanghai | |
Shanghai East Hospital | Recruiting |
Shanghai, Shanghai, China, 200123 | |
Contact: Gang Li, MD 86 ext 18017187086 ligang@tongji.edu.cn | |
China, Sichuan | |
The first affliated hospital of Chengdu medical college | Recruiting |
Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 610500 | |
Contact: Jie Yang 86 ext 13678130516 yangjie1126@163.com |
Principal Investigator: | Craig Anderson | The George Institute for Global Health, China | |
Principal Investigator: | Gang Li | Shanghai East Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Jie Yang | The First Affliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College |
Responsible Party: | Craig Anderson, Executive Director, The George Institute for Global Health, China |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03790800 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
INTERACT4 |
First Posted: | January 2, 2019 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 25, 2021 |
Last Verified: | May 2021 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Plan Description: | Data will be shared with bona fide researchers after 1 year following conclusion of the study, based on a submitted protocol to the research office of The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney Australia |
Supporting Materials: |
Study Protocol Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) Informed Consent Form (ICF) Clinical Study Report (CSR) Analytic Code |
Time Frame: | 1 year after conclusion of the study |
Access Criteria: | genuine researcher with supporting institution protocol review and approval by the research office of The George Institute |
URL: | http://georgeinstitute.org.au |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
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