Evaluation of the Effect of Neuroprotective Drug on Treatment Result in Patients After Traumatic Brain Injury

Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin

Status: Completed

Conditions: TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury)

Treatments: Drug: Cerebrolysin

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05807503

02/10/2020

Details and patient eligibility

About

Traumatic Brain Injury TBI is one of the most common causes of death and recovery failure worldwide. Each element of treatment, starting from possible surgical treatment, patient monitoring and neuroprotective treatment, can be important in the overall outcome of patients' treatment. More and more elements of treatment are discussed in the literature in the multimodal approach to the patient with a trauma to the central nervous system. Cerebrolysin is a drug with a proven beneficial effect on the prognosis of patients with TBI. In our trial we stated the hypothesis that Cerebrolysin in combination with multimodal monitoring and surgical craniotomy is beneficial for the patients. In retrospective analysis we divided the patients into two groups : with and without cerebrolysin. We also analyzed how cerebrolysin influences the treatment results with the combination with additional neuromonitoring of both invasive intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement and non-invasive saturation in the jugular vein, nirs, ultrasound of the optic nerve diameter. We also analyzed if there is any change in the results of treatment after combining Cerebrolysin with another neuroprotective drug : amantadine. We also analyzed the influence of craniotomy combined with cerebrolysin treatment. In an observational study, we collected information on 56 patients.

Enrollment: 56 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• TBI diagnosis
• admission to ICU
• age >18 y

Exclusion criteria

• initially lethal injury
• age <18 y

Trial design

56 participants in 2 patient groups

A with Cerebrolysin administration

Description:

Group of patients with TBI diagnosis, admitted to ICU for further treatment after or without neurosurgical craniotomy, treated with Cerebrolysin administration in addition to standard ICU protocols.

Treatment:

Drug: Cerebrolysin

B without Cerebrolysin administration

Description:

Group of patients with TBI diagnosis, admitted to ICU for further treatment after or without neurosurgical craniotomy, treated without Cerebrolysin administration according to standard ICU protocols.