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Use of Lumbar Drain to Remove Clots in Patients Admitted to the Neuro-ICU After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

NCT01886521 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-10-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Recently, a clinical trial showed that the use of lumbar drains compared to ventricular drain in patients suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage resulted in less delayed ischemic neurological deficits but failed to show a clinical benefit after 6 months. The underlying assumption was, that the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained from lumbar drains has a higher concentration of blood than CSF from lumbar drains. The investigators decided to test this assumption. In this study, the investigators will randomize patients to either placement of a ventricular or a lumbar drain and analyze the CSF drainage on a daily basis.

Conditions

  • Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Lumbar drain

PROCEDURE

Ventricular drain

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Odense University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Birkeland, MD · Odense University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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