NCT01886521

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

Use of Lumbar Drain Versus Ventricular Drain to Remove Clots in Patients Admitted to the Neuro-ICU After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (a Randomized Trial).

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Odense University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Lumbar drain
PROCEDURE	Ventricular drain

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-09-01
• First posted: 2013-06-26
• Last updated: 2014-10-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark