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Phase 3 N=250 Randomized Single-blind Treatment

Safety and Effectiveness of the Adherus Dural Sealant System When Used as a Dural Sealant in Cranial Procedures

Elective Cranial Procedures With Dural Incision

Enrolled (actual)
250
Serious AEs
26.4%
Results posted
Apr 2014
Primary outcome: Primary: Proportion of Treated Subjects Who Were Free of Intra-operative Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leakage From Dural Repair During Valsalva Maneuver, CSF Leak / Pseudomeningocele, and Unplanned Retreatment of the Original Surgical Site — 91.2; 90.6 percentage of subjects — p=0.0049

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 3
Interventions
Adherus Dural Sealant (Device)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc
Primary completion
Jan 2013

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Proportion of Treated Subjects Who Were Free of Intra-operative Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leakage From Dural Repair During Valsalva Maneuver, CSF Leak / Pseudomeningocele, and Unplanned Retreatment of the Original Surgical Site
96.6; 91.9 <0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Proportion of Subjects Free of Device-related Surgical Wound Infections or Meningitis During 120-day Follow-up.
100; 98.3

Summary

The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the Adherus Dural Sealant System when used as a dural sealant in conjunction with standard methods of dural repair in cranial procedures.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Pre-Operative Inclusion Criteria
  • Subject is scheduled for an elective cranial procedure involving a dural incision using any of the following surgical locations/approaches (or combination): frontal, temporal, occipital, and parietal (i.e. supratentorial), and/or midline or lateral suboccipital (i.e. infratentorial.) Subject requires a procedure involving a Class 1/clean wound (uninfected surgical wound in which no inflammation is encountered)

Intra-Operative Inclusion Criteria

  • Subject's linear extent of durotomy is ≥2 cm
  • Subject's dural margins from the edges of bony defect are ≥3 mm throughout
  • Subject's CSF leak is present intra-operatively following completion of primary dural closure (with or without non-autologous duraplasty or autologous tissue), either spontaneously or upon Valsalva maneuver, at up to 20 cm H2O for up to five (5) seconds

Exclusion Criteria

  • Subject requires a procedure involving a translabyrinthine, transsphenoidal, transoral approach, or any procedure that penetrates the air sinus or mastoid air cells. Note: Superficial penetration of mastoid air cells is not an exclusion if cells are appropriately sealed (e.g. bone wax).
  • Subject has a CSF shunt such as; ventriculo-peritoneal, ventriculo-pleural, ventriculo-atrial or lumbo-peritoneal shunts.
  • Subject has an external ventricular or lumbar CSF drain that must be left in place after surgery.
  • Subject has had radiation treatment to the surgical site, or standard fractionated radiation therapy is planned within ten days post index-procedure. (Note: stereotactic radiosurgery prior to the planned index procedure is not an exclusion criterion).
  • Subject has a systemic infection or evidence of any infection near planned operative site.

Intra-Operative Exclusion Criteria

  • Subject has an Incidental finding that meets any pre-operative exclusion criterion listed above.
  • Subject requires the intra-operative placement of a CSF diversion device (e.g. ventricular catheter, subdural catheter, lumbar drain, or other device designed to externally evacuate CSF) that will be left in place after the procedure. Note: Subgaleal drains used for acute post-operative management of the incision site are permitted.
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01158378). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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