acute cerebral infarction
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Acute ischemic stroke at 24 hours after onset. 2.Patients with occlusion of middle cerebral artery territory, at least including its cortical branch, on MRI. 3.Atherothrombotic or cardioembolic strokes. 4.NIHSS:4-22 points 5.Age:45-85 years old. 6.Obtain informed consent by the document.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Splenomegaly or splenic lesions on echo. 2.Leukocytosis more than 15000/mm3 3.Past history of G-CSF treatment. 4.Plan for percutaneous angiography or bypass operations. 5.Difficult to perform MRI. 6.Past histries of symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding tendency or coagulating disorders. 7.Hyper reactivity to G-CSF. 8.Congestive heart failure or uncontrollable angina. 9.Thrombocytopenia(less than 140000/mm3) 10.Liver dysfunction(AST(GOT),ALT(GPT) more than 100 IU/L) 11.Renal dysfunction (creatinine 1.5mg/dl and more) 12.Difficult to continue this trial due to social problems, etc. 13.Join other clinical trials. 14.Inappropriate to enroll in this trial by the judgment of the doctor.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety(leukocyte count, size of spleen) Clinical outcome at 3 months after the onset(mRS, BI) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Size of infarct on MRI, biomarkers such as inflammation cytokines, etc. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tokai University, School of Medicine. Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine.