Evaluation of the Amiens University Hospital Neuroradiology Anticoagulation Protocol

Completed

• Conditions: Aneurysm

• Registration Number: NCT02848612
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

Brief Summary

To prevent thromboembolic complications, the embolization procedure is performed under prophylactic unfractionated heparin, the efficacy of which is monitored by point-of- care testing according to international guidelines. However, these guidelines are based on limited scientific evidence and the ideal level of anticoagulation required has not been precisely defined. Furthermore, the correlation between the point-of- care tests used at Amiens University Hospital and the reference methods used in the laboratory varies considerably according to the available literature.

Detailed Description

Since the beginning of the 2000s, the reference treatment for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage consists of interventional neuroradiology with coil embolization of the aneurysm. Although ensuring a better neurological prognosis than neurosurgical clipping, interventional neuroradiology exposes the patient to various risks: thromboembolic complications during or after embolization and re-rupture of the aneurysm during embolization. To prevent thromboembolic complications, the embolization procedure is performed under prophylactic unfractionated heparin, the efficacy of which is monitored by point-of- care testing according to international guidelines. However, these guidelines are based on limited scientific evidence and the ideal level of anticoagulation required has not been precisely defined. Furthermore, the correlation between the point-of- care tests used at Amiens University Hospital and the reference methods used in the laboratory varies considerably according to the available literature.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-11-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-07-15
• Study Completion: 2016-07-15
• Study First Submitted: 2016-07-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-26
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-28
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 459

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients over the age of 18 years undergoing one of the following interventional neuroradiology procedures at Amiens University Hospital: elective embolization of an intracranial aneurysm, emergency embolization of a ruptured intracranial aneurysm, elective or urgent embolization of an intracranial or perispinal arteriovenous malformation.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients in whom all modalities of monitoring of the efficacy of anticoagulation (laboratory tests and point-of-care tests) were not performed, incomplete embolization or radiological follow-up records.
• Patients presenting a contraindication to the administration of unfractionated heparin: history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia or haemorrhagic coagulopathy (von Willebrand disease, haemophilia).

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
correlation between laboratory clotting tests and point-of-care clotting tests	6 months	evaluation of the correlation between laboratory clotting tests and point-of-care clotting tests performed on the Hemochron Junior® device.; care clotting tests and laboratory tests in the setting of intracranial; embolization.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Amiens; 🇫🇷 Amiens, France