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Csf LeakageNCT03280849

Chitosan Scaffold for Sellar Floor Repair in Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery

A study testing Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffold in people with Csf Leakage, run by University of Guadalajara at 1 site in Mexico.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

A 65 year old female participant , right handed, started with progressive bilateral visual loss in her temporal field, over 10 months, the participant underwent an MRI and it was found a sellar lesion that compressed the optic chiasm, an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was done for the resection of the… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Csf Leakage
What is being tested?
Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffold
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteMexico
Study dates
Jan 2015to Feb 2017
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • male/female patient candidate for an endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal surgery, who need repair of the sellar floor as part of the surgical procedure.

Who cannot join

  • Diabetes, heart diseases, immunological diseases, infectious diseases, bone diseases.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Mexico1 site
  • Departamento de neurociencias

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44340

Other trials in Mexico

About this study

A 65 year old female participant , right handed, started with progressive bilateral visual loss in her temporal field, over 10 months, the participant underwent an MRI and it was found a sellar lesion that compressed the optic chiasm, an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was done for the resection of the lesion, using a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold to assist the closure of the sellar floor. After a follow up of 2 years the participant returned to its normal visual function, without evidence of the sellar lesion on the postoperative MRI, and without complications.

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Introduction This case describe the use of a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold in the repair of the sellar floor after an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for a suspected hipofisary macroadenoma, the use of chitosan as a scaffold has been described in several preclinical studies and tested in tissue bioengineering of bone, neural tissue and soft tissue, in the case of bone tissue, several studies demonstrated its potential due to its biocompatibility, osteinductive and osteoconductive features, but there is a lack of clinical trials demonstrating this characteristics in the clinical setting. One of the most common complications for the neurosurgeons after an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery is the CSF leak, depending on the technique and the reconstruction used for the sellar floor this complication could be presented from 5% to 75%of the cases, leading to complications such infections and pneumoencephalus, representing a great risk for comorbidities, longer recovery times and hospital costs, due to this challenges in the repair of the sellar floor,the investigators intent to approach the problematic with a chitosan scaffold for its characteristics in bone regeneration. The setting of a bioactive membrane in the defect of the surgery could be useful for a stronger and more suitable closure of the sellar floor.

Case description A 65 years old female participant, right handed, came to the neurosurgery consultation with progressive bilateral visual loss in her temporal fields, with predominance in the left eye over 10 months, two weeks before her admission the participant reported a sudden loss of consciousness, prompting her to go to the hospital. In her clinical examination, the participant was alert and oriented x3, normal cranial nerves examination except for decrease visual acuity by 20/200 in her left eye, 20/80 in her right eye, bitemporal hemianopia and mild primary athropy of the optic disc in the left eye, the gait and the motor and sensitive examination was normal. The laboratory studies showed a LH: 0.22 and prolactine: 53.7 .In the contrasted preoperative brain MRI, it was found a sellar lesion, hypointense in T1 but hyperintense in T2 signal with enhancing of the periphery after the infusion of gadolinium, the lesion presented extension to the sphenoid sinus, paraselar space without involvement of the carotids and supraselar with displacement of the optic chiasm. The participant underwent endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for resection of the sellar lesion, under the direct visualization, the lesion appeared redish and soft with moderately bleeding, a sample was taken for pathology and the remaining is extracted without complications, then the scaffold is implanted in the site of the bone defect in the sphenoid sinus, due to its moldable nature, it was easily set, covering the entire extension of the defect, a fat graft was set in the sphenoid sinus covering the bilaminar chitosan membrane, then fibrin sealant was used for hemostatic control and a nasal packing was set in both nostrils for finalize the procedure. In the postoperative there was not complication and after a few days the participant was discharged with notable clinical improvement, after one month of follow up the participant recovered her visual acuity and the participant did not refer any symptom, the participant underwent a post operative brain MRI, where it is observed a gross total resection and good closure of the sellar floor, without signs of rejection or inflammation in the zone with the chitosan scaffold.

Materials and methods for the bilaminar chitosan scaffold The bilaminar implant is constitute by two types of different structures, one of the membranes presents a flat-smooth structure, the other membrane has a tridimensional-porous structure, each of the physical-chemical characteristics given to the membranes, was in function of the biological effect pretended in the effector tissue.

The two types of membranes, synthetized for the elaboration of the bilaminar implant, were elaborated with biomedical grade chitosan of medium molecular weight with 75-85% of deacetylation in powder presentation from the brand Sigma Aldrich®, U.S.A.

In the case of the membrane with flat-smooth structure, it was synthetized from a chitosan solution at 2%, the dissolution medium was diluted acetic acid (Sigma Aldrich®, U.S.A); In order to acquired a suitable solubilisation, the mix was set on a magnetic stirrer for 1 hour, posteriorly the solution was brought under the action of a sonicator at 28oc for 2 hours, until the air bubbles formed by the stirrer were completely eliminated.

For the membrane with the tridimensional-porous structure, it was synthetized from a chitosan solution at 4%, the dissolution medium was diluted acetic acid (Sigma Aldrich®, U.S.A); for a suitable solubilisation, the mix was set on a magnetic stirrer for 4 hours, afterward the solution was brought under the action of a sonicator at 28oc for 2 hours, until the air bubbles formed by the stirrer were completely eliminated.

Once the solutions were elaborated, for the synthesis of the two membranes (the flat-smooth and the tridimensional-porous) both were set in a constant quantity of ml/cm2 in a Petri dish, in the case of the flat-smooth membrane, it was brought under a procedure of drying with 98% of humidity loss and for the tridimensional-porous, a procedure of phase separating was termical induced.

When both membranes are already elaborated, it is proceed to synthetize the bilaminar implant, the membranes are combined using a solution of chitosan acetate at 2%, that was distributed uniformly between both membranes to create a sandwich structure, consecutively the ensemble was put in a Petri dish and the cover was set inverted in the superior aspect of petri dish. It was set for drying for 24 hours at room temperature and then it was precipitated in a solution of sodium hydroxide 1N, following the same indications used for each membrane separately.

Conditions
Csf Leakage
Being tested
Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffold
Keywords
chitosan, endoscopic, sellar tumor, biomaterials, transphenoidal
Medical subject headings
Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrhea

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffoldOther

    Also called Endoscopic endonasal transphenoidal surgery

    The patient underwent endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for resection of the sellar lesion, under the direct visualization, the lesion appeared redish and soft with moderately bleeding, a sample was taken for pathology and the remaining is extracted without complications, then the scaffold is implanted in the site of the bone defect in the sphenoid sinus, due to its moldable nature, it was easily set, covering the entire extension of the defect, a fat graft was set in the sphenoid sinus covering the bilaminar chitosan membrane, then fibrin sealant was used for hemostatic control and a nasal packing was set in both nostrils for finalize the procedure.

Study groups in NCT03280849
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Patient with bilaminar chitosan implantExperimentalA 65 year old woman, right handed, started with progressive bilateral visual loss in her temporal field, over 10 months, she underwent an MRI and it was found a sellar lesion that compressed the optic chiasm, an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery was done for the resection of the lesion, using a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold to assist the closure of the sellar floor.
Receives: Other: Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffold

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the preoperative tumor size

    Measured: 1 day preoperative

  2. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the postoperative tumor size

    Measured: 1 day postoperative

  3. Head CT scan

    Bone window was used to see the repair of bone defect after surgery

    Measured: 1 month postoperative

  4. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the postoperative tumor

    Measured: 1 month postoperative

  5. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the postoperative tumor

    Measured: 6 months postoperative

  6. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the postoperative tumor

    Measured: 1 year postoperative

  7. Brain MRI with and without contrast

    Axial-coronal-sagittal MRI in T1,T2 signals-measure of the postoperative tumor

    Measured: 2 years postoperative

  8. Head CT scan

    Bone window was used to see the repair of bone defect after surgery

    Measured: 6months postoperative

  9. Head CT scan

    Bone window was used to see the repair of bone defect after surgery

    Measured: 1 year postoperative

  10. Head CT scan

    Bone window was used to see the repair of bone defect after surgery

    Measured: 2 years postoperative

Secondary outcomes (10)
  1. Visual field test

    visual field testing looking for compression of optic chiasm

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative, 15 days postoperative, 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative, 1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative.

  2. Snellen test

    visual acuity testing

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative, 15 days postoperative, 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative, 1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative.

  3. Glasgow scale

    level of consciousness

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up :1 day postoperative, 15 days postoperative, 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative, 1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative.

  4. Endocrinological panel

    evaluation of hipofisary function

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up : 1 day postoperative, 15 days postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  5. Blood cell count

    For evaluation of any inflammatory reaction or infection before or after the procedure

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  6. acute phase reactans

    For evaluation of any inflammatory reaction or infection before or after the procedure

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  7. blood electrolytesand

    evaluation of renal function and as requirement for surgery

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  8. liver function test

    evaluation of liver function and as requirement for surgery

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  9. coagulation test

    secondary evaluation of liver function, inflammatory reaction or infection before and after the procedure and as requirement for surgery.

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

  10. seric creatinine

    evaluation of renal function and as requirement for surgery

    Measured: 1 day preoperative, follow up: 1 day postoperative , 1 month postoperative, 6 months postoperative,1 year postoperative, 2 years postoperative

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted13 Sep 2017
  2. Study startJan 2015
  3. Primary completionJan 2017
  4. Study completionFeb 2017

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Model description
Use of a novel bilaminar chitosan scaffold in the repair of the sellar floor after an endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for a suspected hipofisary macroadenoma.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03280849
Sponsor's protocol ID
CI.064.2015
Status last verified
Mar 2019
First submitted
4 Sep 2017
Last updated
14 Mar 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: complete MRI sequences, laboratory studies, visual field tests, complete biomaterial patent registration , clinical reports.

Publications

  • Gobin AS, Butler CE, Mathur AB. Repair and regeneration of the abdominal wall musculofascial defect using silk fibroin-chitosan blend. Tissue Eng. 2006 Dec;12(12):3383-94. doi: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.3383.

    PubMed 17518675
  • Paulo NM, de Brito e Silva MS, Moraes AM, Rodrigues AP, de Menezes LB, Miguel MP, de Lima FG, de Morais Faria A, Lima LM. Use of chitosan membrane associated with polypropylene mesh to prevent peritoneal adhesion in rats. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2009 Oct;91(1):221-7. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.31393.

    PubMed 19399842
  • Udpa N, Iyer SR, Rajoria R, Breyer KE, Valentine H, Singh B, McDonough SP, Brown BN, Bonassar LJ, Gao Y. Effects of chitosan coatings on polypropylene mesh for implantation in a rat abdominal wall model. Tissue Eng Part A. 2013 Dec;19(23-24):2713-23. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2012.0739. Epub 2013 Aug 21.

    PubMed 23859182
  • Tchemtchoua VT, Atanasova G, Aqil A, Filee P, Garbacki N, Vanhooteghem O, Deroanne C, Noel A, Jerome C, Nusgens B, Poumay Y, Colige A. Development of a chitosan nanofibrillar scaffold for skin repair and regeneration. Biomacromolecules. 2011 Sep 12;12(9):3194-204. doi: 10.1021/bm200680q. Epub 2011 Aug 1.

    PubMed 21761871
  • Stippler M, Gardner PA, Snyderman CH, Carrau RL, Prevedello DM, Kassam AB. Endoscopic endonasal approach for clival chordomas. Neurosurgery. 2009 Feb;64(2):268-77; discussion 277-8. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338071.01241.E2.

    PubMed 19190456
  • Gardner PA, Kassam AB, Snyderman CH, Carrau RL, Mintz AH, Grahovac S, Stefko S. Outcomes following endoscopic, expanded endonasal resection of suprasellar craniopharyngiomas: a case series. J Neurosurg. 2008 Jul;109(1):6-16. doi: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/7/0006.

    PubMed 18590427
  • Greenfield JP, Anand VK, Kacker A, Seibert MJ, Singh A, Brown SM, Schwartz TH. Endoscopic endonasal transethmoidal transcribriform transfovea ethmoidalis approach to the anterior cranial fossa and skull base. Neurosurgery. 2010 May;66(5):883-92; discussion 892. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000368395.82329.c4.

    PubMed 20414977
  • Gardner PA, Kassam AB, Thomas A, Snyderman CH, Carrau RL, Mintz AH, Prevedello DM. Endoscopic endonasal resection of anterior cranial base meningiomas. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jul;63(1):36-52; discussion 52-4. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335069.30319.1E.

    PubMed 18728567
  • Simoes MJ, Gartner A, Shirosaki Y, Gil da Costa RM, Cortez PP, Gartner F, Santos JD, Lopes MA, Geuna S, Varejao AS, Mauricio AC. In vitro and in vivo chitosan membranes testing for peripheral nerve reconstruction. Acta Med Port. 2011 Jan-Feb;24(1):43-52. Epub 2011 Feb 28.

    PubMed 21672441
  • Meyer C, Stenberg L, Gonzalez-Perez F, Wrobel S, Ronchi G, Udina E, Suganuma S, Geuna S, Navarro X, Dahlin LB, Grothe C, Haastert-Talini K. Chitosan-film enhanced chitosan nerve guides for long-distance regeneration of peripheral nerves. Biomaterials. 2016 Jan;76:33-51. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.10.040. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

    PubMed 26517563
  • Zhao Y, Wang Y, Gong J, Yang L, Niu C, Ni X, Wang Y, Peng S, Gu X, Sun C, Yang Y. Chitosan degradation products facilitate peripheral nerve regeneration by improving macrophage-constructed microenvironments. Biomaterials. 2017 Jul;134:64-77. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.02.026. Epub 2017 Feb 22.

    PubMed 28456077
  • Ghasemi Hamidabadi H, Rezvani Z, Nazm Bojnordi M, Shirinzadeh H, Seifalian AM, Joghataei MT, Razaghpour M, Alibakhshi A, Yazdanpanah A, Salimi M, Mozafari M, Urbanska AM, Reis RL, Kundu SC, Gholipourmalekabadi M. Chitosan-Intercalated Montmorillonite/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanofibers as a Platform to Guide Neuronlike Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Apr 5;9(13):11392-11404. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b14283. Epub 2017 Mar 27.

    PubMed 28117963
  • Rodriguez-Vazquez M, Vega-Ruiz B, Ramos-Zuniga R, Saldana-Koppel DA, Quinones-Olvera LF. Chitosan and Its Potential Use as a Scaffold for Tissue Engineering in Regenerative Medicine. Biomed Res Int. 2015;2015:821279. doi: 10.1155/2015/821279. Epub 2015 Oct 4.

    PubMed 26504833
  • Sandoval-Sanchez JH, Ramos-Zuniga R, de Anda SL, Lopez-Dellamary F, Gonzalez-Castaneda R, Ramirez-Jaimes Jde L, Jorge-Espinoza G. A new bilayer chitosan scaffolding as a dural substitute: experimental evaluation. World Neurosurg. 2012 Mar-Apr;77(3-4):577-82. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.007. Epub 2011 Nov 7.

    PubMed 22120335
  • Nawrotek K, Marqueste T, Modrzejewska Z, Zarzycki R, Rusak A, Decherchi P. Thermogelling chitosan lactate hydrogel improves functional recovery after a C2 spinal cord hemisection in rat. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2017 Jul;105(7):2004-2019. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.36067. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

    PubMed 28324618

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Implant of bilaminar chitosan scaffold in people with Csf Leakage, run by University of Guadalajara at 1 site in Mexico.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 14 Mar 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Mexico. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Brain MRI with and without contrast (time frame: 1 day preoperative). The study lists 10 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03280849, which also lists 24 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

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