New Camera-Guided surgery may cut recurrence of brain blood clots
NCT ID NCT07144423
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether using a tiny camera (neuroendoscope) to guide the removal of a chronic subdural hematoma—a blood clot pressing on the brain—works better than the standard burr hole drainage. About 770 adults with symptoms like headache or weakness will be randomly assigned to one of the two surgeries. The main goal is to see if the camera-guided method lowers the chance of the clot coming back within three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Neuroendoscopy-assisted hematoma drainage (a surgical procedure using a camera to guide removal of the blood clot)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a better surgical method for chronic subdural hematoma, reducing the chance of the blood clot coming back and shortening recovery time.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial, but the procedure is more complex than standard burr hole drainage, which could increase surgical risks. The benefit over the simpler method may be small or not apply to all patients.
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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 770 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- Ages
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18 to 90 years
- 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: 1. Patient (18 years to 90 years) presenting with clinical symptoms and neurological deficits of CSDH. 2. CSDH verified on cranial computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. 3. Written informed consent from patients or their next of kin according to the patient's cognitive status. Exclusion Criteria: 1. No clinical symptoms correlating with chronic subdural hematoma. 2. Lack of mass effect and midline shift \< 5 mm on the radiological image, or no need surgery judged clinically by neurosurgeons. 3. Previous surgery for CSDH during the past 6 months. 4. Previous intracranial surgery for any other neurological disorder. 5. Poor medication conditions or the presence of severe comorbidities so that surgery cannot be tolerated, or follow-up cannot be completed. 6. Severe coagulopathy or a high risk of life-threatening bleeding (including any one of the following three criteria: prothrombin time or activated partial thromboplastin time prolonged by more than 10 seconds; international normalized ratio \> 3.0; absolute platelet count \< 100×109/L). 7. Postoperative compliance is suspected to be insufficient for 3-month follow-up visit. 8. Reproductive-age women without verified negative pregnancy testing. 9. Participating in another research.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
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
24 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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Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100070, China
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Changde First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGChangde, Hunan, 415003, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University
RECRUITINGWenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
RECRUITINGXiamen, Fujian, 361003, China
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First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
RECRUITINGÜrümqi, Xinjiang, 830054, China
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Hebei University of Engineering Affiliated Hospital
RECRUITINGHandan, Hebei, 056002, China
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Heji Hospital affiliated with Changzhi Medical College
RECRUITINGChangzhi, Shanxi, 046011, China
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Jiangmen Central Hospital
RECRUITINGJiangmen, Guangdong, 529030, China
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Linfen People's Hospital
RECRUITINGLinfen, Shanxi, 041000, China
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Liuzhou worker's Hospital
RECRUITINGLiuzhou, Guangxi, 545007, China
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Mianyang 404 Hospital
RECRUITINGMianyang, Sichuan, 621000, China
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Nanning First People's Hospital
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530016, China
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People's Hospital of Longhua, Shenzhen
RECRUITINGShenzhen, Guangdong, 518109, China
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People's Hospital of Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province
RECRUITINGJishou, Hunan, 416007, China
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Pu'er People's Hospital
RECRUITINGPu'er, Yunnan, 665099, China
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Shantou central hosital
RECRUITINGShantou, Guangdong, 515031, China
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Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital,Shanxi Medical University
RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, 030012, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530023, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
RECRUITINGNanning, Guangxi, 530006, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University
RECRUITINGXi’an, Shanxi, 710038, China
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Wuzhou Gongren Hospital
RECRUITINGWuzhou, Guangxi, 543001, China
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Xingtai Central Hospital
RECRUITINGXingtai, Hebei, 054099, China
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Yueyang Central Hospital
RECRUITINGYueyang, Hunan, 414020, China
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the First People'S Hospital of Yibin
RECRUITINGYibin, Sichuan, 644606, China
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