Minocycline is the second generation of tetracycline. Because of its lipophilicity, it has high penetrance of blood-brain barrier. Animal model studies have shown that minocycline can reduce cerebral damage after ischemic stroke, and its mechanism involves multiple molecular pathways, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti apoptotic pathways, and protection of blood-brain barrier. Clinical studies have also shown that minocycline can significantly improve 3-month National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of patients with ischemic stroke, indicating that minocycline is a potential neuroprotective drug. Minocycline is believed to protect the blood-brain barrier, thereby reducing the ischemia-reperfusion injury caused by mechanical thrombectomy. However, whether minocycline can become a synergistic treatment method of mechanical thrombectomy, there is no clinical research in this area at present. Therefore, investigators carry out the study on the effect of minocycline in patients with acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke after mechanical thrombectomy, and plan to enroll 180 patients. To explore the safety and effectiveness of minocycline in patients with acute ischemic stroke after thrombectomy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
180
Minocycline is a tetracycline antibiotic. Previous studies have confirmed that its application in stroke patients has good efficacy and safety, suggesting that it could become a synergistic treatment of mechanical thrombectomy.
Xijing Hospital
Xi'an, China
RECRUITINGChange in infarct volume from baseline to day 5
Baseline infarct volume is measured by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), day 5 infarct volume is measured by fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), Images are processed by imSTROKE software.
Time frame: Day 5 after onset
Functional outcome at 3 months after onset
Defined by the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), which ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (death), analyzed for superiority and then for noninferiority.
Time frame: 3 months after onset
Favourable outcome at 3 months after onset
Defined as proportion of patients with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0-2, which ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (death), An mRS score of \<3 indicated a favourable outcome, whereas a score of ≥3 indicated a poor outcome.
Time frame: 3 months after onset
Excellent outcome at 3 months after onset
Defined as proportion of patients with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 0-1, which ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (death), An mRS score of \<2 indicated a excellent outcome, whereas a score of ≥2 indicated a poor outcome.
Time frame: 3 months after onset
Improvement of neurological function compared with baseline
Defined by the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), which ranges from 0 (no neurological injury) to 42 (severe neurological injury). The assessment time points were baseline, day 1, day 3, day 5, day 7, and 3 months after onset.
Time frame: day 1, day 3, day 5, day 7, and 3 months after onset
Improvement of activity of daily living at 3 months after onset
Defined by Barthel index (BI), which ranges from 0 (completely lose the ability to live independently) to 100 (complete ability to live independently). The assessment time points were 3 months after onset
Time frame: 3 months after onset
Incidence of intracranial hemorrhage at day 1 after onset
Intracranial hemorrhage is measured by CT scan. Images are processed by RAPID ICH software.
Time frame: Day 1 after onset
Mortality at 3 months after onset
The investigators record all-cause mortality
Time frame: 3 months after onset
Infarct volume at day 5 after onset
Day 5 infarct volume is measured by fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR). Images are processed by imSTROKE software.
Time frame: Day 5 after onset
Length of hospital stay and length of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) stay
How long the patients stay in hospital, and how long the patients stay in ICU
Time frame: 3 months after onset
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