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Filter by:After a subarachnoid haemorrhage, complications are common and increase the overall rate of disability and death from the condition. Despite some advances in preventing, detecting and treating these complications, the rates of complications and associated risks remain high. Further research into ways to reduce complications of subarachnoid haemorrhage. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a technique where a small handheld device is attached to an earpiece which stimulates the nerves to the ear. This is given for short periods and may help improve blood flow and reduce inflammation in the brain. The intervention has been safely used and licensed in seizures, headache and severe depression. This study will look to see if it is feasible and tolerable to have tVNS twice daily for 5 days after subarachnoid haemorrhage, and whether it can help reduce the risk of complications from subarachnoid haemorrhage. The participant will be randomly allocated to receive either tVNS or a dummy intervention, known as sham. The researchers will collect some personal and clinical details such as diagnosis, medications, age, blood test results, as well as some details about the subarachnoid haemorrhage. The researchers will also complete brief questionnaires with the participant to assess symptoms. They will take measurements of heart rate, pupil response, and brain activity using a cap. The participant will then be randomly allocated to either receive the tVNS or sham intervention. Next, the research team will apply the earpiece to their ear twice a day for 45 minutes, for a total of 5 days. At the end of the 5-day study period, the intervention will be complete. The researchers will arrange a follow-up meeting on discharge and at 6 weeks, to assess the participants symptoms and recovery. Previous studies have shown that tVNS is safe and well tolerated, including a recent review of tVNS studies which evaluated the side effects experienced by 1322 patients receiving tVNS. The main side effects include localised tingling/numbness/pain/redness around the ear (17%), headaches (3%), dizziness (1%), facial droop (1%), nausea (1%), nasal discharge (2%). Rarely, palpitations or a slow heart rate may occur. They will continue to receive full medical treatment and observation alongside the study. They are free to withdraw from this study if they find it too demanding on top of their other activities.
A prospective, multi-center, single-arm, open-label, observational post-market real-world registry. The expected duration of the study is 8 years (including up to 5-years' follow-up). Each subject will be followed in accordance with the standard of care (SOC) at each participating hospital.
In recent years, with the development of medical technology and materials and instruments, flow diverter (FD) has gradually become the most important treatment method for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms (IA). It is a revolutionary treatment method, which has changed the concept of endovascular treatment of IA, and turned the previous endovascular embolization to the reconstruction of the parent artery. At present, FD has been used in more than 250,000 cases worldwide, and the overall 1-year complete occlusion rate of aneurysms can reach 75%-85.5%. However, although the current imaging prognosis of FD is encouraging, the perioperative complications of FD are as high as 12.9%, including ischemic complications, SAH, and parenchymal hemorrhage in 7.3%, 2.0%, and 2.0%, respectively. The postoperative mortality was 1.5%, of which 1.3% were caused by delayed aneurysm rupture, distal parenchymal hemorrhage and PED-related nerve compression symptoms. In addition, an in-stent stenosis of more than 50% within one year has been reported in 10.2 to 15.0% of patients. However, in addition to conventional dual antibody therapy, there is no relevant guideline recommendation or clinical evidence on how to prevent complications after FD implantation in IA patients. Atorvastatin is widely used in the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Its main effect is to improve the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events by reducing blood lipids. Although the mechanism of clinical benefit of lipid-lowering by atorvastatin is not completely clear, a large number of clinical evidence has shown that atorvastatin can also reverse atherosclerosis, stabilize plate, reduce inflammation, reverse vascular endothelial dysfunction and reduce microthrombosis. It can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease and internal carotid artery stenosis after stent implantation in different degrees. However, there is no high-quality clinical evidence for the use of atorvastatin in intracranial aneurysm stent implantation. Previous retrospective studies have shown that atorvastatin is the only protective factor for in-stent restenosis after flow diverter implantation in intracranial aneurysms. In a retrospective observational study involving 273 patients empirically treated with atorvastatin for unruptured IA in our center, the median follow-up period was 7.6 months. The incidence of cerebrovascular events was 3.27%, and the incidence of more than 50% in-stent stenosis was 8.4%, which was significantly lower than the incidence of related events reported at home and abroad. Therefore, this study planned to conduct a randomized controlled clinical trial to confirm the efficacy and safety of oral atorvastatin in the prevention of cerebrovascular adverse events after stent implantation in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms, and to provide objective evidence for the treatment decision of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms to prevent cerebrovascular adverse events after flow diverter implantation.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a devastating type of stroke, with high mortality and morbidity rate. In approximately 85% of cases, it is caused by an intracranial aneurysm rupture. Majority of patients with diagnosed intracranial aneurysm are eligible for interventional treatment, however, some patients are managed conservatively. Currently, the only recommendations for patients with conservatively managed intracranial aneurysms, are routine imaging follow-ups and minimization of rupture risk factors. There are no medications proven to decrease risk of aneurysm rupture, that might be prescribed to such patients. In preliminary study the investigators found that patients with intracranial aneurysms who took β-blockers had significantly smaller aneurysm rupture rate and dome size, as well as more favorable hemodynamic parameters. No other antihypertensive drugs showed similar associations. Therefore, in this project the investigators aim to further analyze the impact of β-blocker intake on fate of intracranial aneurysm and find possible explanations for its protective role. The investigators aim to perform a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. One hundred patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm, , qualified to conservative management will be enrolled. Two arms (50 patients each) will be receiving nebivolol or matching placebo. Treatment in each arm will last 12 months. The following examinations will be performed at baseline and at 6 and 12 months: clinical assessment, angio-MRI with vessel wall imaging, Doppler ultrasound to extract blood flow waveforms from Internal Carotid Artery, Vertebral Artery Middle Cerebral Artery, Anterior Cerebral Artery and Posterior Cerebral Artery, as well as blood samples. Based on the results the investigators will assess changes in aneurysm size and wall contrast enhancement. The investigators will also analyze levels of possible aneurysm growth biomarkers in peripheral blood. Additionally, the investigators will prepare three-dimensional models of the artery harbouring aneurysm and perform patient-specific computer modelling of blood flow through such artery to assess hemodynamic parameters of aneurysm dome. All obtained measurements will be compared at baseline and at 6 and 12 months. The investigators hypothesize that, in comparison to the placebo group, β-blocker therapy in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm will contribute to favorable changes in hemodynamic parameters of aneurysm dome, decrease wall degradation process and prevent from aneurysm growth.
This study (IEDAL study) intends to prospectively enroll more than 6800 patients who will undergo head CT angiography (CTA) scanning in the outpatient clinic. It will be carried out in 25 hospitals in more than 10 provinces in China. The patient's head CTA images will be randomly assigned to the True-AI and Sham-AI group with a ratio of 1:1, and the patients and radiologists are unaware of the allocation. The primary outcomes are sensitivity and specificity of detecting intracranial aneurysms. The secondary outcomes focus on the prognosis and outcomes of the patients.
The goal of this study was to verify the safety and effectiveness of Target Tetra® Detachable Coil in the endovascular embolization treatment of small intracranial aneurysm (≤5mm).
This study was designed to identify whether there is a measurable reduction in inflammation in walls of intracranial aneurysms with oral dimethyl fumarate.
The physiopathology of intracranial aneurysm from initiation to ruptured is incompletely understood but included inflammation. The microbiota is known to interact with brain and can promote inflammation. The objective of this study is to describe microbiota with taxonomic and metabolomic analysis. A comparison between ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysm will be performed. The study hypothesis is that microbiota is different between ruptured and unruptured patient.
The management of small unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA) with ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD) has been a very controversial topic in neurosurgery. Thus, we initiated a multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial (PROBE) design to elucidate in UIA patients with ICVD who do not qualify for preventive endovascular or neurosurgical intervention whether aspirin treatment decreases the risk of aneurysm growth and rupture.
The goal of this clinical trail is to compare the difference between transradial access (TRA) and transfemoral access(TFA) for ruptured intracranial aneurysms embolization. The main question it aims to answer is: whether is TRA not inferior to TFA？ In the experimental group, the transradial access (TRA) was used, which was to puncture the radial artery and insert a radial sheath to establish a surgical pathway for embolization of the aneurysm; In the control group, transfemoral access (TFA) was used to embolize the aneurysms, which was to puncture the femoral artery and insert the femoral sheath to establish a surgical pathway for embolizing the aneurysms.The two groups of patients received an oral loading dose of aspirin (300mg) plus clopidogrel (300mg) on the day of surgery, while patients who were unable to take orally were given nasal feeding. During the operation, systemic heparinization was performed with a starting dose of 75U/kg intravenous injection, and the injection was halved every 1h until 1000U. After the operation, protamine neutralizing heparin (1mg protamine neutralizing 100U heparin) was used.