aThe George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
bThe George Institute China at Peking University Health Sciences Center, Beijing, China
cDepartment of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Received: February 07, 2022
Accepted: August 03, 2022
Published online: September 05, 2022
Number of Print Pages: 4
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1015-9770 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9786 (Online)
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AbstractThe third INTEnsive care bundle with blood pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT3) is an international, multicenter, stepped-wedge (4 phases/3 steps) cluster randomized trial involving 110 hospitals in mainly low- and middle-income countries during 2017–2022. The aim is to determine the effectiveness of a goal-directed care bundle of intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering, glycemic control, antipyrexia, and anticoagulation reversal treatment versus usual standard of care, in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). After a “usual care” period, hospitals were randomly allocated to implementing care-bundle protocols for control targets (systolic BP <140 mm Hg; glucose 6.1–7.8/7.8–10.0 mmol/L according to diabetes mellitus status; temperature ≤37.5°C; normalization of anticoagulation). A sample size of 8,360 patients (mean 19 per phase per site) provides 90% power (α = 0.05) for a 5.6% absolute improvement in the primary outcome of scores on the modified Rankin scale at 6 months, analyzed by ordinal logistic regression. A detailed statistical analysis plan (SAP) was developed to prespecify the method of analysis for all outcomes and key variables collected in the trial. The primary analysis will use ordinal logistic regression adjusted for the stepped-wedge design. The SAP also includes planned sensitivity analyses, including covariate adjustments, missing data imputations, and subgroup analysis. This SAP allows transparent, verifiable, and prespecified analyses in consideration of the challenges in conducting the study during the COVID pandemic. It also avoids analysis bias arising from prior knowledge of the findings in determining the benefits and harms of a care bundle in acute ICH.
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Received: February 07, 2022
Accepted: August 03, 2022
Published online: September 05, 2022
Number of Print Pages: 4
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 1015-9770 (Print)
eISSN: 1421-9786 (Online)
For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CED
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