Could 3D software make brain aneurysm surgery safer and cheaper?
NCT ID NCT07433075
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 3D simulation software called Sim&Size can help doctors plan treatments for unruptured brain aneurysms more accurately than current 2D methods. About 576 adults will be randomly assigned to use the software or standard planning. Researchers will compare hospital costs and complication rates between the two groups.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Sim&Size software (3D simulation for device placement)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make aneurysm treatments safer, cheaper, and more precise by helping doctors choose the right implant beforehand.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study focused on costs and complications, not a new treatment. The software may not significantly improve outcomes or reduce risks.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 576 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged ≥18 years planned to be treated endovascularly for unruptured intracranial aneurysms. * Planned implantable device models is available in the Sim\&Size simulation database and used following their approved indications. * Affiliated with the French social security system. * Signed the information and consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Patients scheduled to undergo endovascular treatment with stents only * Patients presenting for treatment of a ruptured aneurysm * Patients who have already been treated in the planned deployment area and whose previous treatment presents a potential contact with the new implant. * Giant intracranial aneurysm resulting in poor-quality reconstruction in the potential deployment area of the implant during 3DRA acquisition * Presence of artifacts on the 3DRA in the potential deployment area of the implant * Patients with multiple aneurysms whose treatment is planned during a single procedure and who require separate individual therapeutic strategies. Examples of individual therapeutic strategies excluded from the study: placement of two separate flow diverters without telescopic technique, individual coiling of each aneurysm. * Patients for whom pre-planning was performed using Sim\&Cure software prior to patient randomization. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women. * Patients under guardianship or conservatorship. * Emergency situations.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU d'Angers
RECRUITINGAngers, 49100, France
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CHU de Bordeaux
RECRUITINGBordeaux, 33000, France
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CHU de Reims
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGReims, 51092, France
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Fondation Rothschild
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGParis, 75019, France
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Hôpital Bicêtre AP-HP
RECRUITINGLe Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94270, France
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Hôpital de La Timone
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMarseille, 13005, France
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