Author:
Petruk Kenneth C.,West Michael,Mohr Gerard,Weir Bryce K. A.,Benoit Brien G.,Gentili Fred,Disney Lew B.,Khan Moe I.,Grace Michael,Holness Renn O.,Karwon Melinda S.,Ford Robert M.,Cameron G. Stuart,Tucker William S.,Purves G. Barrie,Miller Jack D. R.,Hunter K. Michael,Richard Michael T.,Durity Felix A.,Chan Richard,Clein Lawrence J.,Maroun Falah B.,Godon Alain
Abstract
✓ A multicenter, randomized placebo-controlled double-blind trial of nimodipine in poor-grade aneurysm patients was carried out in 17 Canadian hospitals. Of 188 patients enrolled in the trial, 32 were excluded for protocol violations and two were excluded due to statistical considerations, leaving 154 patients for valid outcome analysis. Nimodipine treatment was associated with a significantly better outcome (p < 0.001): 21 (29.2%) of 72 nimodipine-treated patients had a good outcome at 3 months after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) compared to eight (9.8%) of 82 placebo-treated patients. Delayed ischemic deficits from vasospasm alone were significantly less frequent in the nimodipine group (p < 0.05) with permanent deficits occurring in five nimodipine-treated patients (6.9%) and in 22 placebo-treated patients (26.8%). Improvement in the good outcome rate and reduction in delayed ischemic deficits from vasospasm alone occurred in both Grade 3 and 4 patients, with no difference between nimodipine- and placebo-treated patients being found in Grade 5 patients.
Repeat angiography after Day 4 was carried out in 124 patients. There was no significant difference in the incidence of moderate or severe diffuse spasm, which was seen in 64.3% of nimodipine-treated patients and 66.2% of placebo-treated patients. The authors conclude that nimodipine treatment in poor-grade patients with SAH results in an increase in the number of good outcomes and a reduction in the incidence of delayed neurological deterioration due to vasospasm. This effect occurs by a mechanism other than prevention of large-vessel spasm as visualized on angiography.
Publisher
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
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