Status:

TERMINATED

Thrombolysis or Anticoagulation for Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Lead Sponsor:

Jan Stam, MD, PhD

Collaborating Sponsors:

Dutch Heart Foundation

Conditions:

Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Background: Endovascular thrombolysis, with or without mechanical clot removal (ET), may be beneficial for a subgroup of patients with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT), who have a poor prognosis...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cerebral venous thrombosis, confirmed by cerebral angiography (with intra-arterial contrast injection), magnetic resonance venography or computed tomographic venography.
  • Severe form of CVT with a high chance of incomplete recovery, as defined by the presence of one or more of the following risk factors
  • Intracerebral hemorrhagic lesion due to CVT
  • Mental status disorder
  • Coma (Glasgow coma scale \< 9)
  • Thrombosis of the deep cerebral venous system
  • Uncertainty by the treating physician if ET or standard heparin therapy is the optimal therapy for the patient.

Exclusion

  • Age less than 18 years
  • Duration from diagnosis to randomization of more than 10 days
  • Recurrent CVT
  • Any thrombolytic therapy within last 7 days
  • Pregnancy (women in the puerperium may be included)
  • Isolated cavernous sinus thrombosis
  • Isolated intracranial hypertension (without focal neurological signs, with the exception of papilloedema and 6th cranial nerve palsy)
  • Cerebellar venous thrombosis with 4th ventricle compression and hydrocephalus, which requires surgery
  • Contraindication for anti-coagulant or thrombolytic treatment
  • documented generalized bleeding disorder
  • concurrent thrombocytopenia (\<100 x 10E9/L)
  • documented severe hepatic or renal dysfunction, that interferes with normal coagulation
  • uncontrolled severe hypertension (diastolic \> 120 mm Hg)
  • known recent (\< 3 months) gastrointestinal tract hemorrhage (not including he¬morrhage from rectal hemorrhoids)
  • Any known associated condition (such as terminal cancer) with a poor short term (1 year) prognosis independent of CVT
  • Clinical and radiological signs of impending transtentorial herniation due to large space-occupying lesions (e.g. large cerebral venous infarcts or hemorrhages)
  • Recent (\< 2 weeks) major surgical procedure (does not include lumbar puncture) or severe cranial trauma
  • Known allergy against contrast fluid used during endovascular procedures or the thrombolytic drug used in that particular centre
  • Previously legally incompetent prior to CVT
  • No informed consent

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

67 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01204333

Start Date

September 1 2011

End Date

October 1 2017

Last Update

February 14 2017

Active Locations (15)

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1

Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal (CHUM)

Montreal, Canada

2

XuanWu Hospital

Beijing, China

3

Hôpital Lariboisière

Paris, France

4

Academic Medical Centre

Amsterdam, Netherlands