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Miah IP, Holl DC, Blaauw J, Lingsma HF, den Hertog HM, Jacobs B, Kruyt ND, van der Naalt J, Polinder S, Groen RJM, Kho KH, van Kooten F, Dirven CMF, Peul WC, Jellema K, Dammers R, van der Gaag NA. Dexamethasone versus Surgery for Chronic Subdural Hematoma. N Engl J Med 2023; 388:2230-2240. [PMID: 37314705 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2216767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The role of glucocorticoids without surgical evacuation in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma is unclear. METHODS In this multicenter, open-label, controlled, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned symptomatic patients with chronic subdural hematoma in a 1:1 ratio to a 19-day tapering course of dexamethasone or to burr-hole drainage. The primary end point was the functional outcome at 3 months after randomization, as assessed by the score on the modified Rankin scale (range, 0 [no symptoms] to 6 [death]). Noninferiority was defined by a lower limit of the 95% confidence interval of the odds ratio for a better functional outcome with dexamethasone than with surgery of 0.9 or more. Secondary end points included scores on the Markwalder Grading Scale of symptom severity and on the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale. RESULTS From September 2016 through February 2021, we enrolled 252 patients of a planned sample size of 420; 127 were assigned to the dexamethasone group and 125 to the surgery group. The mean age of the patients was 74 years, and 77% were men. The trial was terminated early by the data and safety monitoring board owing to safety and outcome concerns in the dexamethasone group. The adjusted common odds ratio for a lower (better) score on the modified Rankin scale at 3 months with dexamethasone than with surgery was 0.55 (95% confidence interval, 0.34 to 0.90), which failed to show noninferiority of dexamethasone. The scores on the Markwalder Grading Scale and Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale were generally supportive of the results of the primary analysis. Complications occurred in 59% of the patients in the dexamethasone group and 32% of those in the surgery group, and additional surgery was performed in 55% and 6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In a trial that involved patients with chronic subdural hematoma and that was stopped early, dexamethasone treatment was not found to be noninferior to burr-hole drainage with respect to functional outcomes and was associated with more complications and a greater likelihood of later surgery. (Funded by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development and others; DECSA EudraCT number, 2015-001563-39.).
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- Ishita P Miah
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
| | - Jurre Blaauw
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
| | - Hester F Lingsma
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
| | - Heleen M den Hertog
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
| | - Nyika D Kruyt
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
| | - Joukje van der Naalt
- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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- From the Department of Neurology, Amphia Hospital, Breda (I.P.M.), the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., N.D.K.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Departments of Neurology (I.P.M., K.J.) and Neurosurgery (W.C.P., N.A.G.), Haaglanden Medical Center, and the Department of Neurosurgery, Haga Teaching Hospital (W.C.P., N.A.G.), the Hague, the Stroke Center (D.C.H., F.K., C.M.F.D., R.D.) and the Departments of Neurosurgery (D.C.H., C.M.F.D., R.D.), Public Health (D.C.H., J.B., H.F.L., S.P.), and Neurology (F.K.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Departments of Neurology (J.B., B.J., J.N.) and Neurosurgery (R.J.M.G.), University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Department of Neurology, Isala, Zwolle (H.M.H.), and the Department of Neurosurgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, and the Clinical Neurophysiology Group, University of Twente, Enschede (K.H.K.) - all in the Netherlands
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Hutchinson PJ, Edlmann E, Bulters D, Zolnourian A, Holton P, Suttner N, Agyemang K, Thomson S, Anderson IA, Al-Tamimi YZ, Henderson D, Whitfield PC, Gherle M, Brennan PM, Allison A, Thelin EP, Tarantino S, Pantaleo B, Caldwell K, Davis-Wilkie C, Mee H, Warburton EA, Barton G, Chari A, Marcus HJ, King AT, Belli A, Myint PK, Wilkinson I, Santarius T, Turner C, Bond S, Kolias AG. Trial of Dexamethasone for Chronic Subdural Hematoma. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:2616-2627. [PMID: 33326713 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2020473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic subdural hematoma is a common neurologic disorder that is especially prevalent among older people. The effect of dexamethasone on outcomes in patients with chronic subdural hematoma has not been well studied. METHODS We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial in the United Kingdom that enrolled adult patients with symptomatic chronic subdural hematoma. The patients were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive a 2-week tapering course of oral dexamethasone, starting at 8 mg twice daily, or placebo. The decision to surgically evacuate the hematoma was made by the treating clinician. The primary outcome was a score of 0 to 3, representing a favorable outcome, on the modified Rankin scale at 6 months after randomization; scores range from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (death). RESULTS From August 2015 through November 2019, a total of 748 patients were included in the trial after randomization - 375 were assigned to the dexamethasone group and 373 to the placebo group. The mean age of the patients was 74 years, and 94% underwent surgery to evacuate their hematomas during the index admission; 60% in both groups had a score of 1 to 3 on the modified Rankin scale at admission. In a modified intention-to-treat analysis that excluded the patients who withdrew consent for participation in the trial or who were lost to follow-up, leaving a total of 680 patients, a favorable outcome was reported in 286 of 341 patients (83.9%) in the dexamethasone group and in 306 of 339 patients (90.3%) in the placebo group (difference, -6.4 percentage points [95% confidence interval, -11.4 to -1.4] in favor of the placebo group; P = 0.01). Among the patients with available data, repeat surgery for recurrence of the hematoma was performed in 6 of 349 patients (1.7%) in the dexamethasone group and in 25 of 350 patients (7.1%) in the placebo group. More adverse events occurred in the dexamethasone group than in the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS Among adults with symptomatic chronic subdural hematoma, most of whom had undergone surgery to remove their hematomas during the index admission, treatment with dexamethasone resulted in fewer favorable outcomes and more adverse events than placebo at 6 months, but fewer repeat operations were performed in the dexamethasone group. (Funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment Programme; Dex-CSDH ISRCTN number, ISRCTN80782810.).
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Affiliation(s)
- Peter J Hutchinson
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Ellie Edlmann
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Diederik Bulters
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Ardalan Zolnourian
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Patrick Holton
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Nigel Suttner
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Kevin Agyemang
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Simon Thomson
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Ian A Anderson
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Yahia Z Al-Tamimi
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Duncan Henderson
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Peter C Whitfield
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Monica Gherle
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Paul M Brennan
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Annabel Allison
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Eric P Thelin
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Silvia Tarantino
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Beatrice Pantaleo
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Karen Caldwell
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Carol Davis-Wilkie
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Harry Mee
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Elizabeth A Warburton
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Garry Barton
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Aswin Chari
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Hani J Marcus
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Andrew T King
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Antonio Belli
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Phyo K Myint
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Ian Wilkinson
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Thomas Santarius
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Carole Turner
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Simon Bond
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
| | - Angelos G Kolias
- From the Divisions of Neurosurgery (P.J.H., E.E., E.P.T., S. Tarantino, K.C., H.M., T.S., C.T., A.G.K.) and Neurology (E.A.W.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, and the Division of Experimental Medicine and Immunotherapeutics (I.W.), Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, and the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (A.A., B.P., C.D.-W., I.W., S.B.), Cambridge, the Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth (E.E.), and the South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital (E.E., P.C.W., M.G.), Plymouth, Wessex Neurological Unit, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (D.B., A.Z., P.H.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow (N.S., K.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds (S. Thomson, I.A.A.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield (Y.Z.A.-T., D.H.), Translational Neurosurgery, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (P.M.B.), Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich (G.B.), the Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London (A.C.), and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (H.J.M.), London, the Department of Neurosurgery, Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester (A.T.K.), the National Institute for Health Research Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham (A.B.), and the Ageing Clinical and Experimental Research Group, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen (P.K.M.) - all in the United Kingdom; and the Department of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm (E.P.T.)
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