Computed Tomographic (CT) Perfusion and CT Angiography as Screening Tools for Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Completed

Conditions studied: Cerebral Vasospasm, Cerebral Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

In brief

Cerebral vasospasm is a devastating complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage after cerebral aneurysm rupture leading to cerebral ischemia and potentially cerebral infarction. The current gold standard diagnostic imaging study for cerebral vasospasm is catheter cerebral angiography, an invasive diagnostic procedure carrying a complication rate of 1-2% per procedure. Computed tomographic perfusion imaging (CTP) and computed tomographic angiography (CTA) are noninvasive diagnostic imaging studies frequently utilized in the evaluation of embolic and thrombotic cerebral infarct. The investigators hypothesize that CTP and CTA may be utilized as screening tools for cerebral vasospasm following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring treatment and provide prognostic information.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00962546

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

4

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• subarachnoid hemorrhage after aneurysm rupture

You may not qualify if…

• renal insufficiency
• pregnancy
• contrast reaction

Where it is running

• Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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