Clinical trialNCT01115270CompletedObservational

A Study Comparing Shunt Placement Versus Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus

SponsorUniversity of California, Los AngelesEnrollment196Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure

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Summary

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The main purpose of this study is to compare two types of treatment of hydrocephalus: placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt versus an endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV). A second goal of this study will be to understand how the two different types of procedures, VP shunt versus ETV, affect brain blood flow and pressures. Understanding these changes is important because the investigators hope is to someday be able to predict who will better respond to one procedure or another.

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Investigators

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Marvin Bergsneider, M.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Ucla Neurosurgery
Los Angeles, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 28 Feb 2007
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2011
Completion: 31 Oct 2011
Last update posted: 9 May 2016
Registered enrollment: 196
Registry id: NCT01115270

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