Chinese Small Intracranial Aneurysm Study (CSIAS)

NCT ID: NCT02948504

Last Updated: 2016-11-15

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-12-31

Study Completion Date

2018-12-31

Brief Summary

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Intracranial aneurysms are common in the general population. The overall prevalence of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) is estimated of 2.3-3.2% in the population without specific risk factors for SAH. As noninvasive imaging modalities are more commonly used than before, UIAs are increasingly being detected. Most patients with small aneurysms (less than 5mm) are incidentally found in clinical practice. Some studies indicate that the majority of patients with UIAs, particularly with small aneurysms (\<7mm), have a low risk of rupture, and others have found that small ruptured aneurysms have a high proportion in patients with SAH. Therefore, there is a lot of controversy regarding which small aneurysms can be left untreated, or which aneurysms are needed to be treated with clipping or coiling.

The prevalence varies widely among different detection methods, race/ethnicity or patients with other inherited diseases. Although a wealth of data is available for the natural history of UIAs, the true natural history remains unknown because case selection bias occur in almost all studies. However, data on Chinese UIA is unknown. Using the MR angiography (MRA) to detect aneurysms, the prevalence is 7% of selected adult population in China. Therefore, small UIAs are very common and are increasingly being detected in clinical practice. Conservative treatment, surgical clipping and endovascular coiling are the three treatment options for UIAs. The optimal treatment remains controversial, particularly for small aneurysms (less than 7mm). To date, no clinical trials have compared the safety and efficacy between conservative treatment and surgical clipping or endovascular coiling for UIAs. It may be impossible to conduct the randomized controlled study considering aneurysm ruptured as a devastating event. However, surgical clipping or endovascular treatment itself carries a risk of immediate morbidity or mortality. Therefore, a substantial variability widely exists in treatment decision-making for UIAs, and this may lead to a great variability in clinical recommendations.

Our study is a prospective observational study to identify the incidence of rupture of small aneurysms in the first year after the diagnosis of the aneurysm which is left untreated. Meanwhile, we determine the differences of outcomes, procedural complications, and rates of retreatment between surgical clipping and endovascular coiling for small UIAs in China.

Detailed Description

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1. Background: There is a lot of controversy regarding which aneurysms can be left untreated, or which aneurysms are needed to be treated with clipping or coiling. To date, no clinical trials have compared the safety and efficacy between conservative treatment and surgical clipping or endovascular coiling for small UIAs.
2. Study design: A multicenter prospective observation registry study. This study is undertaken to conform to the study protocol. Patients will be recruited between December 2016 and December 2018. Patients are eligible for the study if they meet the inclusion criteria and they are not eligible if any of the following exclusion criteria are met.
3. Procedures: All patients were interviewed by a multidisciplinary team that consisted of vascular neurosurgeons, interventional neuroradiologists and anesthetists. If patients meet all of the inclusion criteria: an unruptured aneurysms ≤5mm are enrolled and then followed up at 6 and12 months. Clinical observation, surgical clipping and endovascular coiling are the three treatment options for UIAs. In general, when an UIA is detected, it should be needed to quit smoking, to aggressively manage hypertension, and to control alcohol use. When an aggressive treatment is considered, treatment risks should be balanced against the risk of rupture.

Conditions

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Intracranial Aneurysm Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Treatment Side Effects

Keywords

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Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm Small aneurysms Risk of rupture Natural history Endovascular Coiling Surgical clipping

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Observation

Aneurysms are left untreated based on patients and family's wishes. These patients will be included in the observation group.

No interventions assigned to this group

Coiling or Clipping

Patients are included in the coiling group if they undergo endovascular coiling, such as single coiling, stent-assisted coiling and balloon-assisted coiling. Or Patients are included in the clipping group if they undergo surgical coiling, such as aneurysm neck clipping, aneurysm isolation or trapping.

Coiling or Clipping

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

All patients are treated under general anesthesia and systemic heparinization. A bolus of 50-75 IU/kg of heparin is given after femoral sheath placement, and intermittent boluses of 1250 IU per hour are given during the procedure. Activated clotting time is maintained at 2-3 times baseline level. Balloon-assisted coiling or stent-assisted coiling are considered in aneurysms with an unfavorable morphology (aneurysm neck≥ 4.0 mm or dome/neck ≤2.0). All anterior circulation aneurysms are clipped through a standard pterional or frontal temporal approach. The posterior circulation aneurysms are treated using far lateral approach depending on the aneurysm location.

Interventions

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Coiling or Clipping

All patients are treated under general anesthesia and systemic heparinization. A bolus of 50-75 IU/kg of heparin is given after femoral sheath placement, and intermittent boluses of 1250 IU per hour are given during the procedure. Activated clotting time is maintained at 2-3 times baseline level. Balloon-assisted coiling or stent-assisted coiling are considered in aneurysms with an unfavorable morphology (aneurysm neck≥ 4.0 mm or dome/neck ≤2.0). All anterior circulation aneurysms are clipped through a standard pterional or frontal temporal approach. The posterior circulation aneurysms are treated using far lateral approach depending on the aneurysm location.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Intracranial unruptured aneurysms confirmed by digital subtraction angiography DSA, CT angiography or MR angiography (MRA);
2. The maximum size of unruptured aneurysm ≤5mm;
3. Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1.Patients with severe systemic disorders and expected life span less than one year; 2.Pregnant or lactating women.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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RenJi Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Jieqing Wan, MD,PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Neurosurgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Central Contacts

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Bing Zhao

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 08613601696475

Email: [email protected]

References

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Tominari S, Morita A, Ishibashi T, Yamazaki T, Takao H, Murayama Y, Sonobe M, Yonekura M, Saito N, Shiokawa Y, Date I, Tominaga T, Nozaki K, Houkin K, Miyamoto S, Kirino T, Hashi K, Nakayama T; Unruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Study Japan Investigators. Prediction model for 3-year rupture risk of unruptured cerebral aneurysms in Japanese patients. Ann Neurol. 2015 Jun;77(6):1050-9. doi: 10.1002/ana.24400. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

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Other Identifiers

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RJ2016144K1.0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id