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Phosphodiesterase-V Inhibitor

Sildenafil for DCI

Phase 1
Waitlist Available
Led By Chad W Washington, MS, MD, MPHS
Research Sponsored by University of Mississippi Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up up to 5 years
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Approved for 5 Other Conditions
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial tests whether oral sildenafil is as effective as intravenous sildenafil in reducing vasospasm after aneurysmal rupture, while also causing less hypotension.

Eligible Conditions
  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
  • Cerebral Vasospasm

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~up to 5 years
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and up to 5 years for reporting.

Treatment Details

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
Approved for 5 Other Conditions
This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 5 other conditions.
No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Low dose sildenafilExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Twelve patients with cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage will be assigned to low dose sildenafil citrate and will receive a 20mg oral dose and a subsequent 10mg intravenous dose of sildenafil citrate.
Group II: High dose sildenafilExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Twelve patients with cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage will be assigned to high dose sildenafil citrate and will receive a 60mg oral dose and a subsequent 30mg intravenous dose of sildenafil citrate.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of Mississippi Medical CenterLead Sponsor
182 Previous Clinical Trials
197,080 Total Patients Enrolled
Chad W Washington, MS, MD, MPHSPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
~3 spots leftby Jan 2026