Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-18DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00096-6
{"title":"Medical management and surgery versus medical management alone for symptomatic cerebral cavernous malformation (CARE): a feasibility study and randomised, open, pragmatic, pilot phase trial.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00096-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00096-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The highest priority uncertainty for people with symptomatic cerebral cavernous malformation is whether to have medical management and surgery or medical management alone. We conducted a pilot phase randomised controlled trial to assess the feasibility of addressing this uncertainty in a definitive trial.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The CARE pilot trial was a prospective, randomised, open-label, assessor-blinded, parallel-group trial at neuroscience centres in the UK and Ireland. We aimed to recruit 60 people of any age, sex, and ethnicity who had mental capacity, were resident in the UK or Ireland, and had a symptomatic cerebral cavernous malformation. Computerised, web-based randomisation assigned participants (1:1) to medical management and surgery (neurosurgical resection or stereotactic radiosurgery) or medical management alone, stratified by the neurosurgeon's and participant's consensus about the intended type of surgery before randomisation. Assignment was open to investigators, participants, and carers, but not clinical outcome event adjudicators. Feasibility outcomes included site engagement, recruitment, choice of surgical management, retention, adherence, data quality, clinical outcome event rate, and protocol implementation. The primary clinical outcome was symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage or new persistent or progressive non-haemorrhagic focal neurological deficit due to cerebral cavernous malformation or surgery during at least 6 months of follow-up. We analysed data from all randomly assigned participants according to assigned management. This trial is registered with ISRCTN (ISRCTN41647111) and has been completed.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between Sept 27, 2021, and April 28, 2023, 28 (70%) of 40 sites took part, at which investigators screened 511 patients, of whom 322 (63%) were eligible, 202 were approached for recruitment, and 96 had collective uncertainty with their neurosurgeon about whether to have surgery for a symptomatic cerebral cavernous malformation. 72 (22%) of 322 eligible patients were randomly assigned (mean recruitment rate 0·2 [SD 0·25] participants per site per month) at a median of 287 (IQR 67-591) days since the most recent symptomatic presentation. Participants' median age was 50·6 (IQR 38·6-59·2) years, 68 (94%) of 72 participants were adults, 41 (57%) were female, 66 (92%) were White, 56 (78%) had a previous intracranial haemorrhage, and 28 (39%) had a previous epileptic seizure. The intended type of surgery before randomisation was neurosurgical resection for 19 (26%) of 72, stereotactic radiosurgery for 44 (61%), and no preference for nine (13%). Baseline clinical and imaging data were complete for all participants. 36 participants were randomly assigned to medical management and surgery (12 to neurosurgical resection and 24 to stereotactic radiosurgery) and 36 to medical management alone. Three (4%) of 72 participants withdrew, one was lost to follow-up, a","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":" ","pages":"565-576"},"PeriodicalIF":46.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140850369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00179-0
Sabine Voigt, Marieke J H Wermer
{"title":"Stopping haematoma growth: the search for the right time, place, and agent.","authors":"Sabine Voigt, Marieke J H Wermer","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00179-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00179-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":"23 6","pages":"547-548"},"PeriodicalIF":46.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140958041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-20DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00128-5
Nawaf Yassi, Henry Zhao, Leonid Churilov, Teddy Y Wu, Henry Ma, Huy-Thang Nguyen, Andrew Cheung, Atte Meretoja, Duy Ton Mai, Timothy Kleinig, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Philip M C Choi, Phuc Dang Duc, Helen Brown, Annemarei Ranta, Neil Spratt, Geoffrey C Cloud, Hao-Kuang Wang, Rohan Grimley, Karim Mahawish, Der-Yang Cho, Darshan Shah, Thai My Phuong Nguyen, Gagan Sharma, Vignan Yogendrakumar, Bernard Yan, Emma L Harrison, Michael Devlin, Dennis Cordato, Nicolas Martinez-Majander, Daniel Strbian, Vincent Thijs, Lauren M Sanders, David Anderson, Mark W Parsons, Bruce C V Campbell, Geoffrey A Donnan, Stephen M Davis
{"title":"Tranexamic acid versus placebo in individuals with intracerebral haemorrhage treated within 2 h of symptom onset (STOP-MSU): an international, double-blind, randomised, phase 2 trial.","authors":"Nawaf Yassi, Henry Zhao, Leonid Churilov, Teddy Y Wu, Henry Ma, Huy-Thang Nguyen, Andrew Cheung, Atte Meretoja, Duy Ton Mai, Timothy Kleinig, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Philip M C Choi, Phuc Dang Duc, Helen Brown, Annemarei Ranta, Neil Spratt, Geoffrey C Cloud, Hao-Kuang Wang, Rohan Grimley, Karim Mahawish, Der-Yang Cho, Darshan Shah, Thai My Phuong Nguyen, Gagan Sharma, Vignan Yogendrakumar, Bernard Yan, Emma L Harrison, Michael Devlin, Dennis Cordato, Nicolas Martinez-Majander, Daniel Strbian, Vincent Thijs, Lauren M Sanders, David Anderson, Mark W Parsons, Bruce C V Campbell, Geoffrey A Donnan, Stephen M Davis","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00128-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00128-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tranexamic acid, an antifibrinolytic agent, might attenuate haematoma growth after an intracerebral haemorrhage. We aimed to determine whether treatment with intravenous tranexamic acid within 2 h of an intracerebral haemorrhage would reduce haematoma growth compared with placebo.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>STOP-MSU was an investigator-led, double-blind, randomised, phase 2 trial conducted at 24 hospitals and one mobile stroke unit in Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Taiwan, and Viet Nam. Eligible participants had acute spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage confirmed on non-contrast CT, were aged 18 years or older, and could be treated with the investigational product within 2 h of stroke onset. Using randomly permuted blocks (block size of 4) and a concealed pre-randomised assignment procedure, participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive intravenous tranexamic acid (1 g over 10 min followed by 1 g over 8 h) or placebo (saline; matched dosing regimen) commencing within 2 h of symptom onset. Participants, investigators, and treating teams were masked to group assignment. The primary outcome was haematoma growth, defined as either at least 33% relative growth or at least 6 mL absolute growth on CT at 24 h (target range 18-30 h) from the baseline CT. The analysis was conducted within the estimand framework with primary analyses adhering to the intention-to-treat principle. The primary endpoint and secondary safety endpoints (mortality at days 7 and 90 and major thromboembolic events at day 90) were assessed in all participants randomly assigned to treatment groups who did not withdraw consent to use any data. This study was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03385928, and the trial is now complete.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Between March 19, 2018, and Feb 27, 2023, 202 participants were recruited, of whom one withdrew consent for any data use. The remaining 201 participants were randomly assigned to either placebo (n=98) or tranexamic acid (n=103; intention-to-treat population). Median age was 66 years (IQR 55-77), and 82 (41%) were female and 119 (59%) were male; no data on race or ethnicity were collected. CT scans at baseline or follow-up were missing or of inadequate quality in three participants (one in the placebo group and two in the tranexamic acid group), and were considered missing at random. Haematoma growth occurred in 37 (38%) of 97 assessable participants in the placebo group and 43 (43%) of 101 assessable participants in the tranexamic acid group (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1·31 [95% CI 0·72 to 2·40], p=0·37). Major thromboembolic events occurred in one (1%) of 98 participants in the placebo group and three (3%) of 103 in the tranexamic acid group (risk difference 0·02 [95% CI -0·02 to 0·06]). By 7 days, eight (8%) participants in the placebo group and eight (8%) in the tranexamic acid group had died (aOR 1·08 [95% CI 0·35 to 3·35]) and by 90 days, 15 (15%) participants in the pl","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":" ","pages":"577-587"},"PeriodicalIF":46.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140870611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00161-3
Gabriël J E Rinkel
{"title":"Cerebral cavernous malformations: to operate or not?","authors":"Gabriël J E Rinkel","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00161-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00161-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":"23 6","pages":"546-547"},"PeriodicalIF":46.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140957755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2024-04-10DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00166-2
Mathias Toft
{"title":"New gene involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Mathias Toft","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00166-2","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00166-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":" ","pages":"550-552"},"PeriodicalIF":48.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140855397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0
Michael C Ferraro, Neil E O'Connell, Claudia Sommer, Andreas Goebel, Janet H Bultitude, Aidan G Cashin, G Lorimer Moseley, James H McAuley
{"title":"Complex regional pain syndrome: advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.","authors":"Michael C Ferraro, Neil E O'Connell, Claudia Sommer, Andreas Goebel, Janet H Bultitude, Aidan G Cashin, G Lorimer Moseley, James H McAuley","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00076-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a rare pain disorder that usually occurs in a limb after trauma. The features of this disorder include severe pain and sensory, autonomic, motor, and trophic abnormalities. Research from the past decade has offered new insights into CRPS epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Early identification of individuals at high risk of CRPS is improving, with several risk factors established and some others identified in prospective studies during the past 5 years. Better understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms of CRPS has led to its classification as a chronic primary pain disorder, and subtypes of CRPS have been updated. Procedures for diagnosis have also been clarified. Although effective treatment of CRPS remains a challenge, evidence-based integrated management approaches provide new opportunities to improve patient care. Further advances in diagnosis and treatment of CRPS will require coordinated, international multicentre initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":"23 5","pages":"522-533"},"PeriodicalIF":48.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140859633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lancet NeurologyPub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00124-8
Agneta Nordberg
{"title":"Insights into the progression of genetic Alzheimer's disease from tau PET.","authors":"Agneta Nordberg","doi":"10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00124-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00124-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":17989,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Neurology","volume":"23 5","pages":"453-454"},"PeriodicalIF":48.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140870634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}