Prognostic Value of Biochemical Markers in Cerebrospinal Fluid for Functional Outcome of Spinal Cord Injured Patients

Azienda Usl di Bologna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries

Treatments: Other: Lumbar puncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01861808

RF-2010-2315118 (Other Identifier)

CE 12105

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project is aimed to develop predictive indices of spinal cord injury severity through the analysis of cerebrospinal fluid of patient collected during acute injury.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• presence of cervical and thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
• need to be submitted to spine surgical stabilization with posterior approach

Exclusion criteria

• prior to recruitment, in the acute phase, treatment with steroid therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

lumbar puncture

Other group

Description:

That's not really an arm label because the only intervention on the patients is the lumbar puncture

Treatment:

Other: Lumbar puncture