FASHE
Quality of Life in Elderly After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Status:
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
Purpose:
To determine if difference exists between the 2 obliteration procedures (endovascular coiling to microsurgical clipping) in the elderly.
Year Started:
2008
Design:
Observational, Cohort, Prospective.
Inclusion Criteria
70 years old and more; Subarachnoid hemorrhage in grade I-IV of WFNS scale; ruptured cerebral aneurysm diagnosed on multislice computed tomography angiography or cerebral angiography; treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients in grade V of WFNS scale; Subarachnoid hemorrhage without cerebral aneurysm; Patients with cerebral dementia, neurologic or psychiatric antecedents.
Patient Involvement:
Participants will be randomized to one of 5 groups: surgical randomized, endovascular randomized, surgical observational prospective, endovascular observational prospective, and abstention observational prospective. Subjects will complete a Modified Rankin Scale score, Mini Mental State Examination, Quality of LIfe, QLQ C30 questionnaire from EORTC, self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living, ADL and IADL score 12 months post randomization.
Primary Outcome:
Modified Rankin Scale score.
Secondary Outcome:
Mini Mental State Examination; Quality of LIfe, QLQ C30 questionnaire from EORTC; self-maintaining and instrumental activities of daily living, ADL and IADL score; hydrocephalus and risk factors; causes of morbidity and mortality.
Source of Information:
ClinicalTrial.gov
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This information last updated on: 5/25/2010
Reviewed on: 05/25/2010.
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