Constitution of Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Database/Specimen in Acute Stage of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH) Patients

University of Regensburg (UR)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01292278

CSF 06/179

Details and patient eligibility

About

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) may play a major role in the pathophysiology of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). To investigate the correlation of NPY in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood (serum) and the neurological outcome in the acute stage of aSAH.

Full description

Evaluation of Neuropeptides in CSF and serum in SAH patients

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• spontaneous or aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

Exclusion criteria

• age younger than 18 years or older than 70 years
• inflammatory disease
• history of former SAH
• no ventricular drainage

Trial design

90 participants in 2 patient groups

aSAH

Description:

consecutive patients with spontaneous or aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage

control group

Description:

no neurological disease but spinal anesthesia