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Chronic Subdural Hematoma Treatment With Embolization Versus Surgery Study

Recruiting · Not applicable · NCT06347796

Conditions: Chronic Subdural Hematoma

At a glance

Research payments reported, 2025
$215,000
U.S. investigators named
2
Sites paid
2
Planned or actual enrollment
520

About the trial

Sponsor
The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (with National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS))
Tested
Conventional Surgery (procedure), Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization (MMAE) (device)
Dates
Started 2024-11-01; completion 2029-02
Results posted
Not yet

The goal of this clinical trial is to test in moderately symptomatic chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) patients if middle meningeal artery embolization (MMAE) can be used as an alternative to conventional open surgery. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Compared to open conventional surgery, does MMAE reduce the need for rescue surgery or deaths? * What is the safety of MMAE and conventional open surgery in these patients? Participants will be asked to: * Share their medical history and undergo physical examinations * Have blood drawn * Have CT scans of the head * Answer questionnaires * Undergo MMAE or conventional open surgery * Provide information about possible adverse events …

From ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-05-22. Full record, eligibility and contacts (opens in a new tab)

Industry funding

Balt USA, LLC reported $215,000 in research payments for this study in 2025 (4 payments).

Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites to run a study, not to the investigators personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

U.S. investigators named on this study

Clinicians the company named as principal investigators in its Open Payments reports.

Sites paid to run it

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston $115,000
  • University of Miami $100,000

Sources: CMS Open Payments research payments (program year 2025) and ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine.