Status:

UNKNOWN

Cranioplasty Cognitive Outcome Study

Lead Sponsor:

Kwong Wah Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Conditions:

Cognitive Impairment

Brain Herniation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-79 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This will be a multicenter prospective randomized study of adult patients with an acquired skull defect as a result of craniectomy and considered suitable for cranioplasty, i.e. reconstruction of the ...

Detailed Description

Decompressive craniectomy, a neurosurgical procedure where a portion of the skull calvarium is removed, is a life-saving procedure. The complication rate of cranioplasty, a neurosurgical procedure whe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years-old,
  • Craniectomy was performed due to head injury, infarct or spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, and benign tumors.
  • Craniectomy skull defect size of \>10cm at its longest diameter
  • Craniectomy performed at any of the Hospital Authority's Neurosurgical Centers after 1st March 2019

Exclusion

  • Age older than 80 years-old,
  • Patients cannot communicate by obeying simple command,
  • Patients who are unfit for cranioplasty as decided by the treating neurosurgeon
  • Posterior fossa craniectomy
  • Craniectomy performed before 1st March 2019
  • Craniectomy performed at an institution outside the Hospital Authority
  • Any pre-existing illness that renders the patient moderately or severely disabled before the brain insult.
  • Patients that need an additional procedure e.g. cerebrospinal fluid shunting with cranioplasty in the same setting.
  • History of central nervous system infection
  • Craniectomy-related complications such as hemorrhage or surgical site infection requiring surgical intervention or deemed to affect patient's long-term cognitive outcome
  • Claustrophobia or any other medical condition that prohibits the patient from undergo MRI scanning
  • Patients who cannot understand spoken English or Chinese

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

30 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03791996

Start Date

March 1 2019

End Date

March 1 2021

Last Update

October 17 2019

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Kwong Wah Hospital

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China