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CompletedNCT05049564Updated Sep 20, 2021

Comparison of Clipping Via Keyhole Versus Traditional Approaches and Coiling for Ruptured Aneurysms

An interventional study of keyhole microneurosurgery and conventional microneurosurgery in Randomized Controlled Trial, Intracranial Aneurysm and Microsurgery, sponsored by ZhuQing. Completed. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-09-20.

Sponsored by ZhuQing · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 8 years 7 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2013, registered Aug 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
150
Allocation
Randomized
Sex
All
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Study summary

Endovascular coiling has become a strategy of choice of intracranial aneurysms due to its minimally invasiveness. However, there has few prospective randomized controlled studies on the comparison of therapeutic effect between endovascular coiling and microsurgical clipping, especially the latter via keyhole approaches, which has been widely used in recent years. Based on the data of a single center, a randomized controlled study was conducted on patients with ruptured anterior circulation aneurysms suitable for both endovascular and extravascular treatment, including endovascular coiling, microsurgical clipping via conventional craniotomy and keyhole approaches, in order to compare the efficacy of the above strategies and provide more objective basis for treatment selection for operators.

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Consecutive patients of a single center will be screened. If spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is confirmed by head computed tomography (CT), a diagnostic CT angiography (CTA) or digital subtraction angiography (DSA) will be carried out emergently. A patients harbored a single intracranial aneurysm of anterior circulation that resulted in SAH will be concerned. Based on the assessment of condition, the patient will enrolled into this study without indication of decompressive craniectomy. The enrolled patients will be divided randomly into 3 groups, who experienced endovascular coiling, microsurgical clipping via conventional craniotomy and via keyhole approaches. All of these treatment will be conducted by a same senior neurosurgeon. CTA or DSA were followed up regularly. The occlusion rate, operative period, hospitalization duration and cost, surgical complications were compared and analyzed.

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Conditions studied

  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Intracranial Aneurysm
  • Microsurgery
  • Endovascular Procedures
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In context

Intracranial Aneurysm

427 studies on the registry are indexed under Intracranial Aneurysm; 115 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 150 is above the median of 110 across 207 interventional studies indexed under Intracranial Aneurysm.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with ZhuQing as lead sponsor.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Single intracranial anterior circulation aneurysm diagnosed by CTA or DSA
  • CT showed that subarachnoid hemorrhage originated from the rupture of the aneurysm and was confirmed during operation
  • No indication of decompressive craniectomy (Hunt-Hess grade ≤ 4, Glasgow Coma Scale ≥ 7, no brain herniation; CT showed midline displacement \< 5mm)
  • The aneurysm is suitable for both endovascular treatment and microsurgical clipping

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The patients and their families did not agree to join the study
  • Patients with unruptured anterior circulation aneurysms
  • Patients with posterior circulation aneurysms
  • Patients with multiple intracranial aneurysms
  • Those who cannot receive treatment due to serious concomitant diseases
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
150 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    keyhole group

    patient harbored aneurysm who was treated by microsurgical clipping via keyhole approach.

    Procedure: keyhole microneurosurgery

  • Experimental
    conventional group

    patient harbored aneurysm who was treated by microsurgical clipping via conventional craniotomy.

    Procedure: conventional microneurosurgery

  • Experimental
    endovascular group

    patient harbored aneurysm who was treated by endovascular coiling via femoral approach.

    Procedure: endovascular coiling

Interventions

  • Procedurekeyhole microneurosurgery

    microsurgical clipping via keyhole approach

  • Procedureconventional microneurosurgery

    microsurgical clipping via conventional craniotomy

  • Procedureendovascular coiling

    endovascular coiling via femoral approach

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. occlusion rate of aneurysm

    occlusion rate of aneurysm

    Time frame: an average of 1 month

  2. operative time

    total operative duration

    Time frame: an average of 1 month

  3. hospitalization time

    hospitalization duration

    Time frame: up to 3 months after discharge

  4. hospitalization cost

    cost during hospitalization

    Time frame: up to 3 months after discharge

  5. postoperative complication rate

    complication rate after intervention

    Time frame: up to 3 months after discharge

Secondary outcomes

  1. recurrent rate of aneurysm

    recurrent rate after treatment of aneurysm

    Time frame: 6 months after treatment

  2. long-term complication rate

    complication rate during follow-up

    Time frame: 6 months after treatment

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 20, 2021, 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
NCT05049564
Lead sponsor
ZhuQing
Responsible party
ZhuQing (Chief Neurosurgeon, Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Sep 20, 2021
Start date
Jan 1, 2013
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2017
Completion
Dec 31, 2018
Last update
Sep 20, 2021

Study contacts

Qing Lan, Doctor
study director · Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Oversight

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