This study is aimed at patients suffering from long term intracranial hypertension (caracterized by visual loss, chronic headache and/or tinnitus), receiving acetazolamide for more than 1 year, having inadequate response to treatment (untolerable side effects or insufficient efficacy). The goal is to evaluate if stenting of a specific vein in the brain could decrease the hypertension and improve associated symptoms. Patients will be randomly assigned in either best medical care group (recommended medication associated with weight loss) or interventional group (best medical care + stenting of the specific vein) and will undergo specific follow-up visits after 1, 3 and 12 months.
The DIVE-IIN-LATE trial is a multicenter randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate whether transverse sinus stenting is more effective than best medical therapy alone for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) treated with acetazolamide for more than one year. The study targets patients diagnosed with IIH with bilateral transverse sinus stenosis or unilateral stenosis of the dominant transverse sinus with a hypoplastic contralateral sinus. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is, in most cases, associated with narrowing of the transverse sinus vein, which may be the cause of increased intracranial blood pressure, resulting in the accumulation and increase in intracranial fluid pressure. This increased pressure is thought to be responsible for papilledema, chronic headaches, and tinnitus, among other symptoms. Restoring a normal luminal diameter of the transverse sinus using a stent could therefore allow for the rapid restoration of normal intracranial pressures and an improvement in various symptoms. Stent implantation in the transverse sinus is now part of standard care, but no large-scale clinical trial has formally established the superiority of the technique compared to the standard of care (drug therapy combined with weight loss). This study aims to provide evidence on the potential benefits of transverse venous sinus stenting as a treatment option for patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension, which could significantly change the current management approach of this disease.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
114
Acetazolamide will be maintained and weight loss will be recommended
Transverse venous sinus will be stented by neuroradiological intervention
CHU de Montpellier Hôpital Gui de Chauliac
Montpellier, France
CHU de Reims
Reims, France
CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
Rate of patients with normalization of intra-cranial pressure
Rate of patients with normalization of intra-cranial pressure (defined as ≤ 25 cm H20 or 18 mmHg)
Time frame: 3 months
Discontinuation of Acetazolamide
Percentage of patients discontinuing ACZ in the stenting group without papillary edema recurrence
Time frame: 1 month
Discontinuation of Acetazolamide
Percentage of patients discontinuing ACZ in the stenting group without papillary edema recurrence
Time frame: 3 months
Headache
Change in mean HIT-6 grading scale score (patient's questionnaire containing 6 questions to evaluate the severity of headache)
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Monthly headache days
Change in monthly headache days (within the last month) reported on patients' dairy
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Tinnitus
Change in THI (Tinnitus Handicap Inventory) score
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Visual field
Change in decibel of Mean Deficit visual field assessed on automated perimetry in both eyes with Humphrey Field Analyzer SITA Standard 24-2 test pattern. Each participant will have at least 2 initial visual field examinations conducted at least 30 minutes apart. The 2 Perimetric Mean Deviation (PMD) measurements will be averaged.
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Visual acuity
Change of visual acuity score evaluated on ETDRS (far vision) at 4 meters and reproducible lighting using the best optical correction
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Visual acuity
Change of visual acuity score evaluated on Parinaud scale (near vision) using the best optical correction
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Papilledema
Change of papilledema assessed on Frisen score on OCT
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Papilledema
Change of papilledema assessed on RNFL on OCT
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Patient's autonomy
Change in quality of life assessed on EQ5D questionnaire
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Patient's cognition
Change in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
Cognition
Change in Trail Making Test (TMT)
Time frame: 3 and 12 months
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