Brain surgery breakthrough? scientists watch blood Pressure's role in bleeding
NCT ID NCT05874050
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 160 adults having planned brain surgery to see if raising blood pressure during the operation makes it harder for surgeons to stop bleeding. Doctors increased blood pressure slightly with a medicine and noted if extra steps were needed to control bleeding. The goal was to understand the relationship between blood pressure and bleeding risk, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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160 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
All consecutive adult patients scheduled to undergo elective supratentorial neurosurgical surgery.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: * All consecutive adult patients scheduled to undergo elective supratentorial neurosurgical surgery. Exclusion criteria: * Urgent or emergent surgery * Neurovascular surgery * Subtentorial surgery * Trans nasal approaches * Back surgery * Acute or chronic kidney injury as defined according to the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines (Kellum \& Lameire, 2013; Stevens \& Levin, 2013) * Coagulation derangement (platelet count \< 100\*10\^9/L, international normalized ratio (INR) or activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) \> 1.5 times the normal laboratory range) or anticoagulant/antiplatelet treatment without appropriate withhold intervals, as per existing guidelines * Preoperative severe hemodynamic instability, according to the judgment of the attending physician * Age \< 18 years * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Absence of informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico C. Besta
Milan, Milano, 200133, Italy
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