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Cranial AneurysmCXmedNCT05269498

Navigation Support With Mixed Reality With CORTEXPLORER MED

A study testing CORTEXPLORER MED in people with Cranial Aneurysm, run by cortEXplore GmbH at 1 site in Austria.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

During the last 15 years, neuronavigation has become an essential neurosurgical tool for pursuing minimal invasiveness and safety. One drawback of such devices is the fact, that the neurosurgeon has to look away from the surgical field onto a dedicated workstation screen. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Cranial Aneurysm
What is being tested?
CORTEXPLORER MED
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
15 participants
Where
1 siteAustria
Study dates
8 Jun 2022to 1 Jun 2023
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

  • Patients of any gender in the age older or eqal 18 years
  • Patients who be informed of the nature of the clinical investigation and provide written informed consent
  • Patients with a cerebral aneurysm for which surgical clipping is indicated
  • Patients with a cerebral aneurysm where clipping is not routinely supported by navigation
  • Patients with current (not longer than 4 months) 3D image data of the brain

Who cannot join

  • Patients for whom required imaging is not available
  • Patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysm
  • Detained patients
  • Patients performing mandatory military service / community service
  • Patients who refuse to participate in the clinical investigation
  • Pregnant or nursing patients
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  • Patients who are not able to sign the consent form
  • Patients who do not speak German
  • Patients who are taking part in any other clinical investigations

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Austria1 site
  • Kepler Universitätsklinikum

    Linz, Upper Austria, 4020

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About this study

Official title: Navigation Support With Mixed Reality for Surgical Clipping of Cerebral Aneurysms in Adult Patients With CORTEXPLORER MED - a Pilot Stage, Exploratory, First in Human Clinical Investigation

During the last 15 years, neuronavigation has become an essential neurosurgical tool for pursuing minimal invasiveness and safety. One drawback of such devices is the fact, that the neurosurgeon has to look away from the surgical field onto a dedicated workstation screen. Additionally, the operator is required to transfer this information from the "virtual" environment of the navigation system to the real surgical field - whereas the real patient may be fixated and positioned differently compared to the visualization on the screen.

Mixed-reality may have the potential to support this, by merging data from the real environment with virtual information and vice-versa. In the context of surgical navigation, the main goal of mixed reality systems is to provide a real-time updated 3D virtual model of anatomical details, overlaid on the real surgical field. In this sense, the mixed reality is the process of enrichment of reality with additional virtual contents.

This clinical investigation aims at the collecting of clinical data about the mixed-reality supported planning, the registration accuracy and overall precision of the navigation system and the clinical outcome.

Read the detailed description

The CORTEXPLORER MED system is a platform that enables surgical navigation using radiological images of patients. The application software reads, formats and merges patient-specific multimodal images such as pre-surgical computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI, fMRI) as well as intraoperatively taken fluoroscopic scans. These digital representations of the patient are displayed on a computer screen from different anatomical perspectives (axial, sagittal, coronal, diagonal). Moreover, a 3D digital model can be computed based on the 2D imaging data. Before the operation, the surgeon can create, save, and simulate the course along one or more surgical trajectories. During surgery, the system tracks the position of specific surgical instruments in or on the patient's anatomy and continuously updates their position, which can be displayed on a computer screen or trough mixed reality glasses (Microsoft HoloLens).

Generally, this clinical investigation aims at the collecting of clinical data to indicate the difference between the planning of a neurosurgery without and with the mixed reality feature of CORTEXPLORER MED.

Additionally, clinical data is collected to indicate the difference between the planning of a surgery with the CORTEXPLORER MED and without the system (conventional approach for this indication).

The data from this pilot phase are used for the planning of a larger clinical investigation and for the overall clinical evaluation of the navigation system.

Being tested
CORTEXPLORER MED
Keywords
Neuronavigation, Neurosurgery, Aneurysm, Surgical navigation
Medical subject headings
Intracranial Aneurysm, Aneurysm

What participants receive

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

  • CORTEXPLORER MEDDevice

    The CORTEXPLORER MED system is a platform that enables surgical navigation using real-time radiological images of patients. The application software formats patient-specific computed tomography or magnetic resonance images taken before surgery. These are displayed on the screen and through mixed reality from different perspectives (axial, sagittal, coronal, diagonal). Before surgery, the surgeon can then create, save and simulate the course along one or more surgical trajectories. As a visualization aid, the surgeon can also create and edit one or more 3D models of the anatomy. During surgery, the system tracks the position of specific surgical instruments in or on the patient's anatomy and continuously updates the position of the instruments on these images.

Study groups in NCT05269498
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
CORTEXPLORER MEDExperimentalMixed-reality assisted planning of aneurysm clipping with the optical navigation system CORTEXPLORER MED.
Receives: Device: CORTEXPLORER MED

What is being measured

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

  1. Estimated trajectory with mixed-reality (without projection of trajectory)

    Difference of angle and position of the estimated trajectory with mixed-reality support and without the projected trajectory compared to the pre-operatively defined trajectory.

    Measured: Day 0

  2. Estimated trajectory without mixed-reality

    Difference of angle and position of the estimated trajectory without mixed reality support (conventional) compared to the pre-operatively defined trajectory.

    Measured: Day 0

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Estimated trajectory with mixed-reality (with projection of trajectory)

    Difference of angle and position of the estimated trajectory with mixed reality support and with the projected trajectory compared to the pre-operatively defined trajectory.

    Measured: Day 0

  2. Estimated trajectory with navigation support (planning view)

    Difference of angle and position of the estimated trajectory with navigation support (planning view) compared to the pre-operatively defined trajectory.

    Measured: Day 0

  3. Estimated trajectory with navigation support (navigation view)

    Difference of angle and position of the estimated trajectory with navigation support (navigation view) and with the projected trajectory compared to the pre-operatively defined trajectory.

    Measured: Day 0

  4. Planning performance with CORTEXPLORER MED

    The distance to vessels and the distance from the cranial surface to the target of the post-surgical planning and the initial estimation of the trajectory (conventional approach).

    Measured: Day 0, Day 30

  5. Registration accuracy

    The registration accuracy is measured with the navigation software in millimeters

    Measured: Day 0

  6. Usability questionnaire

    Usability questionnaire related to the activities preparation, planning, navigation and post-processing [0 - 5]

    Measured: Day 0, Day 30

  7. Degree of disability or limitation

    Degree of disability or limitation in the daily activities of patients after neurological interventions as measured with the Modified Rankin Scale

    Measured: Day 7

  8. Intraoperative complications

    Severity and occurrence of seizures and bleedings and other intraoperative adverse events

    Measured: Day 0

  9. Postoperative complications

    Severity and occurrence of seizures and bleedings and other postoperative adverse events.

    Measured: Day 1 to Day 7

Timeline

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

  1. First posted8 Mar 2022
  2. Study start8 Jun 2022
  3. Primary completion1 Jun 2023
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2023

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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
Diagnosis
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
15 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05269498
Sponsor's protocol ID
CXmed_001
Acronym
CXmed
Status last verified
Sep 2023
First submitted
25 Feb 2022
Last updated
7 Sep 2023
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing CORTEXPLORER MED in people with Cranial Aneurysm, run by cortEXplore GmbH at 1 site in Austria.

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 5 inclusion and 9 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 7 Sep 2023. 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 Austria. 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?

Estimated trajectory with mixed-reality (without projection of trajectory) (time frame: Day 0). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 7 Sep 2023.

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