Testing a new gel during endoscopic skull base surgery
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system, Cancer, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This trial looks at a new RADA16 hydrogel to see if it can help during an endoscopic surgery through the nose for a skull base tumor or a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. You might be a candidate if you are already planned for this specific type of nasal surgery and meet key safety requirements.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be 18 years old or older
- Plan to have endoscopic surgery through the nose for a skull base tumor or a CSF leak
- During surgery, the surgeon must harvest your nasoseptal flap (a tissue flap from inside the nose)
- Your planned approach uses both nostrils (bilateral) with work on both sides of the nasal passages
- Your pre-surgery CT scan must not show significant sinus disease like long-term or current sinus inflammation, nasal polyps, or prior septal perforation
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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