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1 Developing, implementing and scaling up an acute care bundle for intracerebral haemorrhage in Greater Manchester Adrian Parry-Jones NIHR Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Neurologist Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, UK

2 Intracerebral haemorrhage Common health problem Causes 10-15% of strokes More common in Asian populations Poor patient outcomes Case fatality 30-40% at 1 month Causes 5.8% of all global deaths (vs. 6.0% for ischaemic stroke) Only 20% regain independence Little improvement in outcomes over last 30 years

3 Evidence of nihilism in ICH? *Adjusted for sex, age, premorbid mrs, comorbidities of congestive heart failure, hypertension, AF, and diabetes, previous stroke/tia, Level of consciousness, and out of hours. also adjusted for early neurological deterioration (drop in NIHSS 1a of 1 or more in first week). Parry-Jones et al (2016) Int J Stroke 11:321-31

4 An illustrative case. 69 year-old female Chronic hypertension, atrial fibrillation DH: Perindopril, warfarin (INR target range 2-3) Baseline function normal (mrs = 0) Sudden onset slurred speech and right-sided weakness at 08:00 Examination on arrival (09:00): GCS E3 M6 V5 14/15 Severe R-sided weakness NIHSS 12 BP 189/110

5 CT brain at 09: h post-onset

6 Acute management questions. 1. What should I do about the warfarin treatment? 2. Do I need to do anything about her blood pressure? 3. Should I refer her to the neurosurgeons?

7 Acute management questions. 1. What should I do about the warfarin treatment? 2. Do I need to do anything about her blood pressure? 3. Should I refer her to the neurosurgeons?

8 % of total ICH admissions Anticoagulants recent Salford audit data 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q No anticoag VKA DOAC

9 Kuramatsu et al. (2015) JAMA 313: VKA-ICH: Time is brain

10 VKA-ICH: Improving door-to-needle times Three key changes: 1. PCC stock in the ED 2. Point-of-care INR device 3. Standard protocol to deliver PCC without Haematology referral for every case Parry-Jones (2015) BMJ Qual Improv Rep 8

11 DOAC-ICH Drug Half life Mode of action Coagulation tests Dabigatran h Direct thrombin (II) aptt, TT Rivaroxaban 7-11 h Factor Xa PT, anti Xa Apixaban 8-15 h Factor Xa anti Xa Edoxaban h Factor Xa PT, anti Xa Options for reversal: PCC (3-factor, 4-factor) Idarucizumab (for dabigatran) Andexanet alpha (for Xa inhibitors)

12 DOAC-ICH: current guidelines What do the guidelines say? RCP (2016): idarucizumab for dabigatran; 4F PCC for others AHA/ASA (2015): PCC or rfviia might be considered ; Activated charcoal might be used if <2 h since last dose; Haemodialysis for dabigatran. ESO (2014): No recommendation PCC: Animal and healthy volunteer data suggests partial reversal British Committee for Standards in Haematology (2013)

13 DOAC-ICH: Idarucizumab Dabigatran antidote, humanised Fab Dabigatran - 350x higher affinity for idarucizumab than thrombin Rapid & complete reversal No prothrombotic effects in volunteers; 1 in 90 pts (RE-VERSE AD) RE-VERSE AD included 18 ICHs 2400 per dose (5 g) Pollack et al. N Engl J Med, 2015:373,

14 Acute management questions. 1. What should I do about the warfarin treatment? 2. Do I need to do anything about her blood pressure? 3. Should I refer her to the neurosurgeons?

15 Anderson et al.(2013) N Engl J Med.368: Intensive BP lowering INTERACT ICH patients randomised RCT of acute intensive BP lowering To a target SBP within 1 h Reduced disability with intensive treatment Ordinal shift analysis: OR 0.87; 95% CI, 0.77 to 1.00; P = 0.04 Improved quality of life measures No effect on survival No safety concerns

16 Intensive BP lowering ATACH patients randomised (ICH vol < 60 ml) Target SBP vs mmhg, IV nicardipine Neutral on all outcomes Increased renal AEs (9.0% vs. 4.0%, p=0.002) INTERACT ATACH Qureshi et al.(2016) N Engl J Med.375:

17 Acute management questions. 1. What should I do about the warfarin treatment? 2. Do I need to do anything about her blood pressure? 3. Should I refer her to the neurosurgeons?

18 Neurosurgery for ICH Infratentorial ICH Risk of brainstem compression, herniation syndromes, hydrocephalus Procedures EVD / posterior fossa decompression / haematoma evacuation Supratentorial ICH procedures Early haematoma evacuation in the stable patient Haematoma evacuation in the deteriorating patient External ventricular drainage for hydrocephalus

19 Gregson et al. (2012) Stroke 43: Early haematoma evacuation IPD meta-analysis 2186 cases Overall benefit in cases: Onset to randomisation < 8h Age GCS 9-12 ICH volume ml GCS 3-8 GCS 9-12 GCS 13-15

20 MISTIE III: MIS and tpa for ICH Catheter in situ from 1-2 days post onset, for 3-6 days tpa administered in to haematoma via catheter every 8 h Phase II trial: 96 patients (54 surgery, 42 conservative) 180d mrs 3: 21% cons vs. 33% MIS (adjusted for p=0.049) Hanley et al. (2016) Lancet Neurol; 15:

21 ABC-ICH project Improving ICH outcomes Aim: A 10 percentage point reduction in 30 day case-fatality after admission with acute ICH by the end of How: Using the Model for Improvement, supported by IS4Ac Project commenced June 2015 Analysis: Data collection period: July 2013 to July 2016 Local ICH registry: case ascertainment via coding and SSNAP All baseline scans reviewed for location, ICH volume (ABC/2), IVH

22 Process targets A. Anticoagulant reversal: Deliver PCC < 90 min from arrival B. Blood pressure lowering: Deliver intensive blood pressure lowering with needle-to-target time < 60 min C. Care pathway: Refer patients with good pre-morbid function and any of the following to Neurosurgery GCS < 9 Posterior fossa ICH Obstructed 3 rd /4 th ventricle Haematoma volume > 30 ml

23 May 14 Oct 14 Nov 14 Jan 15 Jun 15 Sep 15 Nov 15 Jan 16 Feb 16 Apr 16 May 16 Anticoagulant reversal DNT for PCC DNT (min) QI project commenced POC INR Ref sheet Education and awareness work

24 Jun 14 Nov 14 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jul 15 Aug 15 Sep 15 Oct 15 Nov 15 Dec 15 Jan 16 Feb 16 Mar 16 Apr 16 May 16 Jul 16 Intensive BP lowering NTT time NTT (min) Protocol introduced Change to GTN first Stay in ED until target reached

25 May 14 Jun 14 Jul 14 Aug 14 Sep 14 Oct 14 Nov 14 Dec 14 Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15 Jul 15 Aug 15 Sep 15 Oct 15 Nov 15 Dec 15 Jan 16 Feb 16 Mar 16 Apr 16 May 16 Jun 16 Jul 16 Reduction in DNR orders at < 24 h % all ICH admissions 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% QI project commenced

26 May 14 Jun 14 Jul 14 Aug 14 Sep 14 Oct 14 Nov 14 Dec 14 Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15 Jul 15 Aug 15 Sep 15 Oct 15 Nov 15 Dec 15 Jan 16 Feb 16 Mar 16 Apr 16 May 16 Jun 16 Jul 16 Admissions to critical care % all ICH admissions 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LCL QI project commenced

27 Analysis of mortality Baseline characteristics Factor Pre QI (n=363) Post QI (n=316) p Age 72.0 ( ) 69.6 ( ) 0.34 Premorbid mrs (0-2) 289 (79.6%) 260 (82.3%) 0.15 Anticoagulant 54 (14.9%) 41 (13.0%) 0.51 Sex (female) 172 (47.4%) 163 (51.6%) 0.28 GCS 14 (10-15) 14 (10-15) 0.60 Infratentorial 42 (11.6%) 40 (12.7%) 0.66 IVH 141 (38.8%) 127 (40.2%) 0.61 ICH volume (ml) 20.0 ( ) 15.8 ( ) Pre QI: Jul 2013 May 2015; post QI: Jun 2015 Jul Excluded 33 cases not under stroke or neurosurgery (14 pre, 19 post)

28 QI project unadjusted analysis of survival Pre-QI: Jul 2013 May cases admitted 30-day case fatality = 35.3% Post-QI: Jun 2015 Jul cases admitted 30-day case fatality = 25.3% Logrank test: p=0.002

29 QI project Cox regression analysis Factor HR 95% CI Sig. GCS to 0.88 < Anticoagulant to Infratentorial to IVH to ICH vol to < Age to < Post QI to Post QI (unadj) to

30 Mortality analysis vs. rest of England & Wales Jul 13 May 15 Mean 30d mortality Rest of SSNAP 29.0% Salford 35.3% Difference 6.2% < Jun 15 Jul 16 Rest of SSNAP 27.0% Salford 25.3% Difference -1.8% < Difference in Difference p -8.1% <0.0001

31 ABC-ICH: GM scale-up Aim: A 10 percentage point reduction in death and severe disability after acute ICH by April 2018 in Greater Manchester Implementation: Launch bundle at Stepping Hill and Fairfield from Apr 2017 Appointment of ICH Specialist Nurse at Salford from Feb 2017 Measurement: App/EPR tools for acute team linked to dashboard of key measures Automated ICH registry by text mining of regional radiology database Evaluation: Qualitative Research Associate to be appointed in Mar 2017 Health Economics

32 Acknowledgements Salford: H Patel, Kyri Paroutaglou, Luca Cecchini, Emily Birleson Fairfield: Khalil Kawafi Stockport: Appu Suman, Claire McQuaker, Irfan Malik GM ODN: Sarah Rickard, Chris Ashton, Jane Molloy SSNAP: Ben Bray Funding & support:

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