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Antisecretory factor in severe traumatic brain injury (AFISTBI): protocol for an exploratory randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Linus Réen, David Cederberg, Niklas Marklund, Edward Visse, Peter Siesjö

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Article in Trials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04117672 (Evaluation of Antisecretory Factor in Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury With Multimodal Monitoring), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT04117672 phase2recruitingnot on this map

Evaluation of Antisecretory Factor in Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury With Multimodal Monitoring

TypeinterventionalSponsorPeter SiesjöRan2020 to 2027Enrolled20ConditionsTraumatic Brain InjuryArmsSalovum, Placebo egg yolk powder
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5 authors.

Linus RéenDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. linus.reen@med.lu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9119-3357
David CederbergDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Niklas MarklundDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Edward VisseDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Peter SiesjöDepartment of Clinical Sciences Lund, Neurosurgery, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

Medicinska Fakulteten, Lunds Universitet ALFSkånes universitetssjukhus 2024-2023-2240
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite recent advances in neuroimaging and neurocritical care, severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still a major cause of severe disability and mortality, with increasing incidence worldwide. Antisecretory factor (AF), commercially available as Salovum®, has been shown to lower intracranial pressure (ICP) in experimental models of, e.g., TBI and herpes encephalitis. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of antisecretory factors in adult patients with severe TBI on ICP and inflammatory mediators in extracellular fluid and plasma. METHODS/

designThis is a single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical phase 2 trial, investigating the clinical superiority of Salovum® given as a food supplement during 5 days to adults with severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) < 9), admitted to the neurocritical intensive care unit (NICU) at Skane university hospital, Lund, Sweden. All patients with GCS < 9 and clinical indication for insertion of ICP-monitor and microdialysis catheter will be screened for inclusion and assigned to either the treatment group (n = 10) or placebo group (n = 10). In both groups, the primary outcome will be ICP (mean values and change from baseline during intervention), registered from high-frequency data monitoring for 5 days. Secondary outcomes will be inflammatory mediators in plasma and intracerebral microdialysis perfusate days 1, 3, and 5 during trial treatment.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04117672. Registered on September 17, 2017. Protocol version 6 from October 24, 2023.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticIntracranial PressureAdultClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicEquivalence Trials as TopicGlasgow Coma ScaleHumansInflammation MediatorsMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSwedenTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeInflammation Mediators

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PMID39920739
PMCPMC11804074

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