Feasibility Study of Cortical Recording Depolarizations in Brain-injured Patients, and Their Use as Biomarkers of New Lesions. (SD-ICU)

December 13, 2025 updated by: Hospices Civils de Lyon
The progression of brain lesions after severe head trauma or subarachnoid hemorrhage results from extra cranial aggression which is well controlled in intensive care and intracranial aggression which is less well known and therefore less well managed. The detection of events that can generate new lesions from intracranial monitoring is limited and late once the lesions are irreversible. Invasive cortical depolarizations (SD) can be observed using cortical electrodes and an acquisition system having access to the usually filtered DC signal (0 to 1 Hz). SD are observed at the onset of a new attack of the cortex and spread widely away from the site of aggression. During their propagation, SD generate a significant metabolic demand, and can cause ischemic injury, particularly after meningeal or post-traumatic hemorrhage. SDs are therefore both a marker of new lesion and a mechanism of progression of primary lesions. Yet this type of monitoring is only performed in some expert centers around the world. The analysis of the feasibility and safety of the placement of cortical electrodes in this indication is therefore an essential step to study the clinical benefit of individualized management on the basis of this monitoring.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

      • Bron, France, 69500
        • Service d'Anesthésie réanimation Groupement hospitalier Est, hôpital Pierre Wertheimer

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient > 18 year old
  • Patients admitted in neurological reanimation unit for brain lesions after severe head trauma or subarachnoid hemorrhage and requesting a intracranial monitoring or a surgery (evacuation of a hematoma, treatment of an aneurysm, external ventricular bypass).
  • Patients affiliated to a social security system
  • Patient having been informed and having signed the Consent form OR Close to the patient who has been informed and signed the Consent form OR third party certificate then close consent for further study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with scalp acute infection
  • Pregnant or nursing women
  • Contre-indication to intracranial surgery
  • Patient with not corrected coagulation disorder
  • Patient treated with NSAIDS
  • Patient treated with under platelet antiaggregants
  • Patient under legal protection, guardianship, curators
  • patients under legal protection
  • Patient participating in a study who may interfere with this study.
  • people under duress psychiatric care,

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Central nervous system monitoring
Each 20 patients will be implanted with subdural or intra cortical electrodes
The intervention consist in implanting 6 electrodes in subdural or intra cortical position and monitor the central nervous system activity. This monitoring will be additional to the usual monitoring.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation of Invasive cortical depolarization (SD) recorded in a non-expert center with subdural or intra cortical implanted electrode and central nervous system monitoring.
Time Frame: 18 months
The feasibility of the study will be objectivized by the availability of a signal of sufficient quality to be exploited, with or without SD: namely a signal without artifact on more than 30% of the recording period on at least 3 electrodes on 6 for at least 12h. The signal analysis should, at least twice a day, allow intervening with the patient if necessary.
18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Evaluation of electrode implantation safety
Time Frame: during implantation procedure
Safety will be evaluated recording severe and non-severe adverse events during implantation procedure.
during implantation procedure
Evaluation of electrode implantation safety
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Safety will be evaluated recording severe and non-severe adverse events during monitoring
during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Evaluation of electrode implantation safety.
Time Frame: during electrode extraction
Safety will be evaluated recording severe and non-severe adverse events during electrode extraction.
during electrode extraction
Evaluation of temporality between Invasive cortical depolarization and intracranial hypertension.
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
proportion of patient with Invasive cortical depolarization before, during and after intracranial hypertension.
during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Evaluation of temporality between Invasive cortical depolarization and oxygen in tissue decreasing pressure
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
proportion of patient with Invasive cortical depolarization before during and after oxygen in tissue decreasing.
during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Evaluation of temporality between Invasive cortical depolarization and detection of a vasospasm
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
proportion of patient with Invasive cortical depolarization before during and after detection of a vasospasm.
during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Evaluation of temporality between Invasive cortical depolarizations and EEG change of rhythm.
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
proportion of patient with Invasive cortical depolarization before, during and after EEG change of rhythm.
during monitoring, maximum 15 days
Evaluation of temporality between Invasive cortical depolarization and detection of a new cerebral lesion.
Time Frame: during monitoring, maximum 15 days
proportion of patient with Invasive cortical depolarization before, during and after detection of a new cerebral lesion.
during monitoring, maximum 15 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 7, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

April 7, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 7, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 7, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

October 14, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

December 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2025

Last Verified

December 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 69HCL19_0615

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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