Trial reportBMJ open2017
Randomised controlled trial of bariatric surgery versus a community weight loss programme for the sustained treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension: the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Weight Trial (IIH:WT) protocol.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02124486 (A Randomised Controlled Trial of Bariatric Surgery Versus a Community Weight Loss Programme for the Sustained Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of Bariatric Surgery Versus a Community Weight Loss Programme for the Sustained Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: the IIH:WT Trial
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- European headache federation guideline on idiopathic intracranial hypertension.The journal of headache and pain · 2018Guideline
- Identifying MicroRNA Biomarkers in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Pilot Study.Neurology · 2026Trial
- The effect of GLP-1RA exenatide on idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a randomized clinical trial.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023Trial
- Visual Field Pointwise Analysis of the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Weight Trial (IIH:WT).Translational vision science & technology · 2023Trial
- Association of Amount of Weight Lost After Bariatric Surgery With Intracranial Pressure in Women With Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.Neurology · 2022Trial
- Increased systemic and adipose 11β-HSD1 activity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.European journal of endocrinology · 2022Trial
- Obstructive sleep apnoea in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a sub-study of the idiopathic intracranial hypertension weight randomised controlled trial (IIH: WT).Journal of neurology · 2022Trial
- Intracranial pressure directly predicts headache morbidity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Trial
- Retinal vessel diameter changes after 6 months of treatment in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2020Trial
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- "Just lose weight": weight-based medical bias and experiential expertise in intracranial hypertension.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Non-invasive assessment of intracranial compliance in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: an MRI-ICP study.Eye (London, England) · 2025Article
- Comparison of bariatric surgery and community weight management for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a multicenter retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Safety and Efficacy of Metformin for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. A U.S-Based Real-World Data Retrospective Multicenter Cohort Study.ASIDE internal medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical outcomes of bariatric surgery in patients with obesity and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Metabolic Dysfunction in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Current Theories and Updates.Aging and disease · 2024Review
- Semaglutide as an Adjunctive Therapy to Standard Management for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Real-World Data-Based Retrospective Analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Dysregulation of Amino Acid, Lipid, and Acylpyruvate Metabolism in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A Non-targeted Case Control and Longitudinal Metabolomic Study.Journal of proteome research · 2023Article
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- Determining the role of novel metabolic pathways in driving intracranial pressure reduction after weight loss.Brain communications · 2023Article
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionEffective treatments are lacking for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), a condition characterised by raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and papilloedema, and found primarily in obese women. Weight loss and lowering body mass index (BMI) have been shown to lower ICP and improve symptoms in IIH; however, weight loss is typically not maintained, meaning IIH symptoms return. The Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Weight Trial (IIH:WT) will assess whether bariatric surgery is an effective long-term treatment for patients with IIH with a BMI over 35 kg/m METHODS AND ANALYSIS: IIH:WT is a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled clinical trial of 64 participants with active IIH and a BMI over 35 kg/m TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: IIH:WT is registered as ISRCTN40152829 and on ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT02124486 and is in the pre-results stage.
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