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NCT Number: NCT05826912

Multi-Arm Multi-Stage Adaptive Platform Trial (APT) for the Acute Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

The purpose of this study is to determine if experimental drug treatment improves recovery after TBI as compared to a control (placebo) group. Changes in recovery will be measured throughout the study. The study drugs listed below are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but are being used "off-label" in this study. This means that the drugs are not currently approved to treat TBI.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults (18-65 years of age, inclusive)
  • Presents to a participating enrollment site and is able to receive first dose within 24 hours of non-penetrating head injury warranting clinical evaluation with a non-contrast head CT based on American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clinical policy for TBI imaging.
  • Closest, prior to Randomization Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 9 to 15
  • Acute trauma-related neuroimaging abnormality (subarachnoid hemorrhage, contusion, subdural hematoma, petechial hemorrhage, intraventricular hemorrhage) on cranial CT (CT+)
  • Initial Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP) blood level >100 pg/ml ≤ 15,000 pg/ml determined using a for Research Use Only (RUO) assay(s) or an Investigation Use Only (IUO) assay(s)
  • Persons of childbearing potential (i.e., those not postmenopausal or surgically sterile) may participate provided that they are using adequate birth control methods for the duration of investigational product administration (see manual of procedures for adequate birth control methods)
  • Participants able to undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, no contraindications
  • Participants or legally authorized representative (LAR) willing and able to provide informed consent
  • Participants or LAR able to read, speak, and understand English or Spanish (participating site dependent, where available), including the informed consent form (ICF)
  • Willingness and ability to comply with all study procedures, treatment, and follow-up

Exclusion criteria

  • Isolated epidural hematoma
  • Pre-existing conditions including disabling developmental, neurologic, psychiatric, medical disorder that continues to produce functional disability up to the time of injury; or imminent death based on clinical judgement
  • Current enrollment in another interventional study
  • Currently pregnant or currently breastfeeding or planning on becoming pregnant in the next 6 months
  • Current incarceration or in custody
  • Currently prescribed one of the investigational products (or other drugs in the same class) prior to injury; or contra-indicated or as listed in the appendices
  • Hypersensitivity or intolerance to investigational products or the investigational products' respective classes
  • Renal dysfunction (Creatinine Clearance (CrCl) or estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) (<60 mL/minute/1.73 m2)
  • Acute liver disease or hepatic dysfunction (ALT/AST >3 times upper limit of normal lab value)
  • Hemodynamic instability, per participating site physician investigator clinical judgment
  • Inability to swallow investigational product capsule
  • Unable or unwilling to consume animal byproducts, has a gelatin allergy, and/or religious beliefs that do not permit consuming gelatin
  • Intolerance to small amounts of lactose (less than ½ teaspoonful) daily
  • Low likelihood of follow up or study compliance, or any other reason, in the opinion of the participating site investigator, the participants should not participate in the study

Treatment and study plan

Atorvastatin calcium

Drug

Capsule, 80 mg/day, with no loading dose, for 28 days

Other names: ATOR

Minocycline Hydrochloride

Drug

Capsule, 200 mg loading dose on Day 1, then 100 mg twice daily for 6 days, then placebo twice daily for 21 days

Other names: MINO

Candesartan cilexetil

Drug

Capsule, 8 mg once on Day 1, then 16 mg daily for 27 days

Other names: CAND

Placebo

Drug

Capsule, 2x/day for 28 days

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE 2-Way)

    Time frame: 2 weeks to 3 months postinjury

    Functional impairment due only to the TBI will be measured using the GOSE Scale-Extended (GOSE 2-Ways). The score ranges from 1-8, with higher scores indicating better recovery. Change will be measured from Week 2 to Month 3 postinjury and compared to placebo.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Blood-based biomarkers (Neurofilament light chain)

    Time frame: Week 2

    Neurofilament light chain (NfL) levels postinjury in participants with TBI will be measured and compared to placebo

  2. Blood-based biomarker (GFAP)

    Time frame: Week 2

    GFAP levels postinjury in participants with TBI as compared to placebo

  3. Imaging biomarkers

    Time frame: 2 weeks to 3 months postinjury

    Comparison of MRI diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) Axial Diffusivity (AD) measure using the average of 4 long association/projections tracts: (i) Anterior Limb of Internal Capsule (ALIC); (ii) External Capsule (EC); (iii) Superior Corona Radiata (SCR); and (iv) Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus (SLF). Change will be measured from 2 Weeks to 3 Months postinjury.

  4. Post-TBI cognitive outcome (BTACT)

    Time frame: Day 3 to Week 4 postinjury

    Neurocognitive impairment due to TBI will be measured using the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT). Change will be measured by composite z-score from Day 3 to Week 4 postinjury

  5. Post-TBI symptom outcome (Rivermead)

    Time frame: Day 3 to Week 4

    Post-concussive symptoms due to TBI as measured by the change in Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ) Total score (0-64) from Day 3 to Week 4. Higher scores indicate more severe symptoms

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Collaborators

  • United States Department of Defense

Registry information

Acronym: APT-TBI-01

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Apr 24, 2023
Registry last updated
Dec 22, 2025

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