This multicenter, prospective, observational, non-interventional study investigates patients with intracranial hemorrhage under effective anticoagulation with dabigatran or vitamin-K antagonist (VKA). Routine data will be collected during hospitalization. Patients aged 18 years or older under effective therapy with dabigatran and symptomatic intracranial bleeding confirmed by cerebral imaging and treated with idarucizumab will be compared to patients under effective treatment with VKA at the time of onset of the intracranial bleeding. Ninety-five dabigatran patients who provided written informed consent for data transmission will be included. As control group retrospective and anonymized data of 285 VKA patients patients under VKA treatment and admitted to RIC-ICH study centers will be used. For each patient receiving idarucizumab, three patients with intracranial hemorrhage under effective treatment with VKA, will be included (retrospective) in the study. In addition, data of VKA patients will be transferred from the RASUNOA-PRIME and the "Erlanger Hirnblutungs-Register".
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
104
Dabigatran is the most frequently used direct thrombin inhibitor in secondary stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Idarucizumab is the current standard therapy in patients with intracranial bleeding under anticoagulation with dabigatran.
This drug group includes the active substances phenprocoumon and warfarin.
Klinikum Schön Klinik Bad Aibling SE & Co. KG
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Berlin, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
Vivantes Humboldt Klinikum
Intra-hospital mortality rate
Intra-hospital mortality rate
Time frame: From study inclusion until hospital discharge or 30 days after index event, whichever came first.
Change in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
Change in National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) of ≥4 pts compared to initial NIHSS or worsening of NIHSS level of consciousness ≥1 point or increase of the volume of the intracranial bleeding or new intraventricular bleeding or death. The NIHSS is composed of 11 items, each of which scores a specific ability between a 0 and 4. For each item, a score of 0 typically indicates normal function in that specific ability, while a higher score is indicative of some level of impairment. The individual scores from each item are summed in order to calculate a patient's total NIHSS score. The maximum possible score is 42, with the minimum score being a 0.
Time frame: At hospital admission, 24 hours after admission and 72 hours after admission.
Intracranial bleeding
Change in size/volume of \> 33% or ≥ 6.5 ml of the intracranial bleeding evaluated by first CT
Time frame: Between 24 and 72 hours after initial CT.
Stroke severity
Change in stroke severity by ≥4 points based on National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). The NIHSS is composed of 11 items, each of which scores a specific ability between a 0 and 4. For each item, a score of 0 typically indicates normal function in that specific ability, while a higher score is indicative of some level of impairment. The individual scores from each item are summed in order to calculate a patient's total NIHSS score. The maximum possible score is 42, with the minimum score being a 0.
Time frame: 72 hours after hospital admission
Functional status
Functional status according to modified Rankin Scale (mRS). The scale runs from 0-6, running from perfect health without symptoms to death: 0 - No symptoms, 1 - No significant disability, 2 - Slight disability, 3 - Moderate disability, 4 - Moderately severe disability, 5 - Severe disability, 6 - Dead.
Time frame: At hospital discharge or 30 days after index event, whichever came first.
Mortality rate
Mortality rate
Time frame: 7 and 30 days after index event.
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