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A Randomised Controlled Trial of Lumbar Drainage to Treat Communicating Hydrocephalus After Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage

NCT01041950 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2016-10-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if usage of early lumbar drainage leads to less shunt surgery and less catheter associated complications in patients with communicating hydrocephalus after intracerebral hemorrhage with severe ventricular involvement.

Conditions

  • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  • Obstructive Hydrocephalus

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lumbar drainage

Lumbar CSF drainage is started after communication between the internal and external CSF-spaces is seen on CT.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Freiburg

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hagen Huttner, MD · Neurology Department, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

  • Dimitre Staykov, MD · Neurology Department, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

  • Jürgen Bardutzky, MD · University of Freiburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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