Status:

UNKNOWN

Validation of Non-invasive Absolute Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

Lead Sponsor:

Kienzler Jenny

Collaborating Sponsors:

Swiss National Science Foundation

Conditions:

Intracranial Pressure Increase

Traumatic Brain Injury

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Primary objective of this study is to assess the accuracy and precision of intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement in patients after traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid hemorrhage when using simul...

Detailed Description

Currently, ICP (Intracranial Pressure) can be measured only using invasive techniques. In a previous (pilot study) a non-invasive technique for measurement of ICP was investigated (based on simultaneo...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patients, age ≥ 18 years, admitted after TBI, ICH, secondary edema after stroke or SAH at the Departments of Neurosurgery or Neurology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland.
  • Patients under sedation and ICP monitoring
  • Informed consent obtained from the legally authorized representative prior initiation of the measurements.

Exclusion

  • Age \< 18 years at study entry.
  • Patients with wounds, scars including the front orbital region.
  • Perforating or penetrating mechanism of TBI
  • Patients with orbital injury or abnormal blood flow in both Ophthalmic Arteries
  • Patients with previous retina surgery
  • Patients with previous cataract surgery
  • Patients with any known ocular condition that may be worsened by sustained eye pressure in the opinion of the subject's ophthalmologist
  • Patients with radiological signs of calcification or atheromatose plaques in the internal carotid artery detected by CT or angiography (performed prior and independently of the study)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03227354

Start Date

September 1 2017

End Date

September 1 2019

Last Update

July 28 2017

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