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Comparison of Two Different Medications Used to Treat Elevated Intracranial Pressure

NCT00359697

Phase 1 Unknown 50 enrolled Thomas Jefferson University
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The overall purpose of this study is to compare the effects of mannitol and hypertonic saline on patients with increased intracranial pressure. The hypothesis being tested is that hypertonic saline is more effective in controlling increased intracranial pressure than mannitol.

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Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Hypertonic saline Unknown
Subject Mannitol Diagnostic / imaging agent