Nicardipine via spine tube for brain blood vessel spasm
Part of Brain & nervous system, Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving a medicine called nicardipine through a tube in the spine (intrathecal) helps prevent or treat blood vessel tightening that can happen after a brain aneurysm rupture. It is for people who have had a specific type of brain bleed and show signs of vessel spasm.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are between 18 and 80 years old.
- You had bleeding around the brain from a sac-like aneurysm, and the aneurysm has been fixed with surgery or a catheter.
- You have a drain in your spine or brain to remove bloody fluid, or doctors placed one to manage fluid buildup.
- Doctors suspect blood vessel tightening (vasospasm) based on tests like ultrasound, CT, MRI, or symptoms like confusion or weakness.
- It has been less than 14 days since the bleeding started.
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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