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Last refreshed on: 11 December 2023
Main ID:  NCT02408757
Date of registration: 31/03/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Public title: Sonographic Monitoring of Weaning of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainages
Scientific title: Multimodal Sonographic Monitoring of Cerebral Perfusion, Ventricle Seize and Optic Nerve Diameter During Weaning of Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage Catheters: a Single Centre Observational Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 2015
Target sample size: 44
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02408757
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Werner Z'Graggen, MD
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Affiliation:  Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Informed consent of patient or relative and statement of independent physician

- Patient treated with EVD or LD undergoing clamping of EVD/LD

- Age =18 = 80 years

Exclusion Criteria

- Pregnancy and breastfeeding

- Acute coronary syndromes, severe ischemic heart disease (requiring revascularisation),
severe aortic and mitral valve disease, severe congestive heart failure (NYHA >III/IV)

- Severe pulmonary or renal dysfunction

- Known allergy or adverse reaction to contrast material



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hydrocephalus
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Sonographic monitoring
Primary Outcome(s)
binary classification of patients in terms of change of width of cerebrospinal fluid spaces by ultrasound [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
Secondary Outcome(s)
change of width of the lateral ventricles measured with transcranial ultrasound without ultrasound contrast agent [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of brain perfusion in the brain regions adjacent to the third ventricle [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of diameter of the optic nerve [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of width of the lateral ventricles in the CT scan [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of width of the third ventricle in the CT scan [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of width of the third ventricle measured with transcranial ultrasound with ultrasound contrast agent [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
change of width of the third ventricle measured with transcranial ultrasound without ultrasound contrast agent [Time Frame: 24 hours after clamping of EVD/LD]
Secondary ID(s)
KEK 077/15
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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