About this trial
EMMA-Can is a prospective cohort study to assess the safety and effectiveness of MMA-embolization for the treatment of CSDH.
Hypothesis- EMMA reduces the recurrence rate of CSDH with or without concomitant surgical evacuation.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
If informed consent cannot be obtained from the patient or their substitute decision maker.
Known allergy to liquid embolic agent
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Embolization of the middle meningeal artery
Procedure/Surgeryembolization of the middle meningeal artery with an embolic agent (Microparticles, liquid embolic agents, SwiftPAC coils or others).
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Radiographic recurrence
Recurrence of CSDH on imaging (CT scan or MRI) of head .
Symptomatic recurrence
Symptomatic recurrence attributable to the side of the CSDH on imaging (CT scan or MRI) of head
Secondary outcomes
Size
Change in size of the CSDH
Mortality within 90-days
Peri-procedural mortality related to EMMA.
90 day Modified Rankin Score </=3
Percentage of patients with a Modified Rankin score \</=3
Reduction of CSDH size at 90-days
Reduction of the size of the CSDH on CT scan of the head at 90-days from EMMA
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