An observational study in Intracranial Pressure, sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-04-22.
Sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Observational
Measuring the pressure inside the skull, which is called intracranial pressure, is important to treat severe neurological illness. Currently, measuring intracranial pressure requires doctors to place an invasive pressure monitor. Recently, a non-invasive intracranial pressure monitor has been developed. This monitor has a tiny pin that is placed on the head which measures the tiny movements of the skull every time the heart beats. This produces a waveform that looks very similar to an invasive intracranial pressure waveform. However, we don't know enough about how the non-invasive device to make it clinically useful yet.
Assessment of intracranial pressure (ICP) is essential in the practice of neurocritical and neurosurgical care. ICP is best assessed through direct measurement with an invasive monitor, usually done by drilling a burr hole in the skull and inserting a monitor into the brain parenchyma or a catheter into the lateral ventricle. In the absence of an invasive ICP monitor, clinicians must currently rely solely on signs and symptoms of elevated ICP (e.g. alterations in pupillary constriction to light, reduced sensorium, nausea/vomiting, etc.), which occur late in the evolution of an ICP crisis. An FDA-cleared (FDA number K240821) non-invasive ICP monitor (nICPm) has been developed by Brain4Care (Johns Creek, GA). The device is equipped with piezoelectric sensors that can detect the tiny pulsations in skull expansion with every heartbeat which corresponds to the ICP waveform. Although the nICPm does not measure ICP per se, the waveform it detects is equivalent to an ICP waveform derived from an invasive monitor and has been validated to reflect intracranial pressure. Analysis of the nICPm waveform consists of factors including the P2/P1 ratio, which is the ratio of the percussive peak and the reflective peak of the ICP waveform, and time to peak (TTP), which is the time it takes for the ICP to reach maximum amplitude. nICPm waveform analysis has been studied in various clinical contexts-but how the waveform changes in response to various ICP-lowering maneuvers is incompletely characterized. Hence the current study will investigate how the nICPm waveform behaves in patients undergoing various ICP lowering procedures as a part of their ordinary, standard-of-care treatment.
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Non-invasive intracranial pressure monitor
P2/P1 Ratio
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