Perioperative Evaluation of Cerebellar Tumors

Description

This is a prospective, cohort study to evaluate the impact of cerebellar functional topography on perioperative outcomes related to cognition and motor ataxia in patients with cerebellar tumors.

Conditions

Cerebellar Tumors, Brain Tumor

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Study overview

This is a prospective, cohort study to evaluate the impact of cerebellar functional topography on perioperative outcomes related to cognition and motor ataxia in patients with cerebellar tumors.

Perioperative Evaluation of Cerebellar Tumors: Impact of Cerebellar Functional Topography on Cognition and Motor Ataxia

Perioperative Evaluation of Cerebellar Tumors

Condition
Cerebellar Tumors
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * ≥18 years of age
  • * Patients with primary cerebellar brain tumors or metastatic brain tumors located in the cerebellum who will undergo surgery for tumor resection, OR with primary non-cerebellar brain tumors or metastatic tumors located in a non-cerebellar brain location who will undergo surgery for tumor resection
  • * Patients under the age of 18
  • * Patients with intracranial pathologies (e.g. stroke, vasculitis, infection, developmental anomalies, etc.) outside of the cerebellum
  • * Non-oncologic cerebellar pathologies (e.g. stroke, vasculitis, infection, developmental anomalies, primary cerebellar ataxias, etc.)
  • * Patients who are illiterate, are blind, or do not read or understand English
  • * Patients with a Karnofsky Performance Status score of equal to less than 40

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Allan H Friedman, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke Health

Study Record Dates

2027-04-01