Status:

COMPLETED

Multicentric Prospective Validation of the Zurich Pituitary Score

Lead Sponsor:

University of Zurich

Conditions:

Pituitary Adenoma

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

Predictive analytics for GTR, EOR and RV are useful in surgical decision-making, particularly whenever there is no unequivocal indication for surgery. Several factors have been shown to have a role in...

Detailed Description

In transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) for pituitary adenoma (PA), gross total resection (GTR) is often the target since it has been shown to relevantly influence long term patient outcome. This applies bot...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients harboring suspected pituitary adenoma.
  • Patients undergoing endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery
  • Preoperative MRI including at least one volumetric sequence (i.e. MPRAGE or SPGR) with gadolinium with possibility for coronal reconstructions
  • Postoperative MRI (2-4 months postoperative) including at least one volumetric sequence (i.e. MPRAGE or SPGR) with Gadolinium with possibility for coronal reconstructions

Exclusion

  • Patients undergoing combined or transcranial operations
  • Patients for whom a biopsy only is planned
  • Patients by whom histology does not confirm the diagnosis of pituitary adenoma

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

408 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04076046

Start Date

November 1 2019

End Date

December 1 2021

Last Update

December 17 2021

Active Locations (10)

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1

Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

New York, New York, United States, 11030

2

Department of Neurosurgery, Kepler Universitäts Klinikum

Linz, Austria

3

Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

4

Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and Military University Hospital

Prague, Czechia