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TerminatedNCT04745884Updated Feb 6, 2026Results posted

A Study to Detect Progression of Mass Effect From Unilateral Brain Lesions

An interventional study of Non-invasive bilateral monitoring of ICP waveform in Non-traumatic Hemispheric Brain Lesions, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-02-06.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

Why this study was terminated
Device sensitive issues
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this research is to gather information on the safety and effectiveness of the Brain4Care device for measuring intracranial pressure without invasive procedures.

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Conditions studied

  • Non-traumatic Hemispheric Brain Lesions
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In context

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,218 studies on the registry; 670 are open to participants now.

Of its 445 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 313 (70%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult patients with non-traumatic hemispheric brain lesions deemed at risk for progression of mass effect and possible subfalcine and/or uncal herniation.
  • Patients admitted the Neuroscience ICU for serial neurological monitoring.
  • Patients whose care is not expected to include immediate surgical decompression.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under the age of 18.
  • Patients who are unable to provide consent due to neurologic deficit and does not have a surrogate decision maker available to provide consent.
  • Known or suspected Pregnancy
  • Adults with cranial defects or that have undergone craniectomy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
6 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Monitoring

    Imaging guided by monitoring results

    Device: Non-invasive bilateral monitoring of ICP waveform

Interventions

  • DeviceNon-invasive bilateral monitoring of ICP waveform

    Brain4care non-invasive bilateral monitoring of ICP waveform

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Functional Outcome

    Functional outcome was assessed using the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) which assesses functional outcomes in patients recovering from strokes. It consists of a 7-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 6 where 0=no symptoms and 6=dead with higher scores indicating a worse functional outcome.

    Time frame: 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Imaging Utilization

    Number of imaging scans

    Time frame: within ICU admission

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Results

Posted Feb 6, 2026
Limitations and caveats
The study was terminated early as there were issues with the sensitive of the device.

Participant flow

Recruitment stopped because bilateral monitoring was proven not sufficiently reliable for investigation

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneMonitoring
Started6
Completed3
Not completed3
Withdrew: Excessive signal feedback-uninterpretable data3

Outcome measures

PrimaryFunctional Outcome

Functional outcome was assessed using the Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) which assesses functional outcomes in patients recovering from strokes. It consists of a 7-point ordinal scale ranging from 0 to 6 where 0=no symptoms and 6=dead with higher scores indicating a worse functional outcome.

Time frame:
3 months
Reported as:
Mean · score on a scale
Functional Outcome
score on a scaleMonitoring
Functional Outcome3 (2 to 4)
SecondaryImaging Utilization

Number of imaging scans

Time frame:
within ICU admission

No measurements were reported for this outcome.

Adverse events

Collected over Adverse events were collected from the time of informed consent through study completion, approximately 3 months.. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Monitoring2/6 (33.3%)0/6 (0%)0/6 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Monitoring
Mean50 ± 4
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Monitoring
Female1
Male5
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Monitoring
Hispanic or Latino0
Not Hispanic or Latino6
Unknown or Not Reported0
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Monitoring
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American0
White5
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Monitoring
United States6
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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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References and documents

Study documents

  • Study protocol · Jan 6, 2021

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 6, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04745884
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Alejandro Rabinstein (Principal Investigator, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 9, 2021
Start date
Feb 4, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 2, 2024
Completion
Dec 2, 2024
Results posted
Feb 6, 2026
Last update
Feb 6, 2026

Study contacts

Alejandro Rabinstein, MD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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