Parry-Jones, Adrian R;
              
      
            
                Stocking, Katie;
              
      
            
                MacLeod, Mary Joan;
              
      
            
                Clarke, Brian;
              
      
            
                Werring, David J;
              
      
            
                Muir, Keith W;
              
      
            
                Vail, Andy;
              
      
        
        
  
(2023)
  Phase II randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in intracerebral haemorrhage: BLOcking the Cytokine IL-1 in ICH (BLOC-ICH).
European Stroke Journal
      
    
    
    
         10.1177/23969873231185208.
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Abstract
PURPOSE: Recombinant human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (anakinra) is an anti-inflammatory with efficacy in animal models of stroke. We tested the effect of anakinra on perihaematomal oedema in acute intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and explored effects on inflammatory markers. METHODS: We conducted a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with acute, spontaneous, supratentorial ICH between May 2019 and February 2021. Patients were randomised to 100 mg subcutaneous anakinra within 8 h of onset, followed by five, 12-hourly, 100 mg subcutaneous injections, or matched placebo. Primary outcome was oedema extension distance (OED) on a 72 h CT scan. Secondary outcomes included plasma C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). FINDINGS: 25 patients (target = 80) were recruited, 14 randomised to anakinra, 11 to placebo. Mean age was 67 and 52% were male. The anakinra group had higher median baseline ICH volume (12.6 ml, interquartile range[IQR]:4.8-17.9) versus placebo (5.5 ml, IQR:2.1-10.9). Adjusting for baseline, 72 h OED was not significantly different between groups (mean difference OED anakinra vs placebo -0.05 cm, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.17-0.06, p = 0.336). There was no significant difference in area-under-the-curve to Day 4 for IL-6 and CRP, but a post-hoc analysis demonstrated IL-6 was 56% (95% CI: 2%-80%) lower at Day 2 with anakinra. There were 10 and 2 serious adverse events in anakinra and placebo groups, respectively, none attributed to anakinra. CONCLUSION: We describe feasibility for delivering anakinra in acute ICH and provide preliminary safety data. We lacked power to test for effects on oedema thus further trials will be required.
| Type: | Article | 
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| Title: | Phase II randomised, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in intracerebral haemorrhage: BLOcking the Cytokine IL-1 in ICH (BLOC-ICH) | 
| Location: | England | 
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery | 
| DOI: | 10.1177/23969873231185208 | 
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23969873231185208 | 
| Language: | English | 
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | 
| Keywords: | Intracerebral haemorrhage, anakinra, clinical trial, interleukin-1 receptor antagonist | 
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation | 
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173992 | 
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