Stent for narrowed brain vein in high-pressure headaches
Part of Brain & nervous system clinical trials.
This study tests a new stent (a tiny mesh tube) that is placed inside a narrowed vein in the brain to help relieve the high pressure that causes symptoms like headaches and vision problems in people with IIH. It may help improve symptoms by opening up the narrowed vein.
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Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with a condition called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), which means high pressure around the brain without a known cause.
- A spinal tap (lumbar puncture) showed your opening pressure was greater than 25 cm of water.
- An MRI or CT scan showed that one of the large veins in your brain is narrowed (stenosis).
- You have symptoms like headaches, vision loss, swelling of the back of the eye, or a whooshing sound in your ear.
- The pressure difference across the narrowed vein, measured by your doctor, was above a certain level.
- If you have pulsatile tinnitus (whooshing in your ear), you have had a special CT scan of your temporal bone.
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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