Natural history of dural arteriovenous fistula

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Factors affecting the natural history and management of patients with dural arteriovenous fistula

• IRAS ID

  216377

• Contact name

  Diederik Bulters

• Contact email

  diederik.bulters@uhs.nhs.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  University Hospital Southampton

• Duration of Study in the UK

  20 years, 0 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  Dural arteriovenous fistulae (dAVF) are rare but potentially devasting vascular lesions. The natural history and management of such lesions is poorly understood largely due to their rarity and the subsequently small number of cases each specialist centre treats. We have established an international consortium to facilitate pooled data analysis using data from multiple centres that will better inform clinicians understanding of this condition. The Wessex Neurological Centre has a neurovascular database that has routinely collected baseline data on neurovascular cases for clinical management and audit since 1992. We will identify cases of dAVF managed in our centre since 1992 from this database and submit anonymised data to the consortium for pooled analysis.

• REC name

  London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  17/LO/0258

• Date of REC Opinion

  1 Mar 2017

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion