Clinical trialNCT02425761UnknownPhase 3Interventional

The CSF Shunt Entry Site Trial

SponsorBaylor College of MedicineEnrollment448Hydrocephalus

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Summary

The lay summary the sponsor registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

The purpose of the study is to compare the survival time (time to first shunt failure) of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts inserted through an anterior entry site with those inserted through a posterior entry site in children. Shunt entry site is the location on the head that the shunt catheter enters the brain on its path to the fluid-filled spaces in the brain, the ventricles. Entry sites can be anterior or posterior.

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Investigators

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John Kestle, MD
University of Utah
Study Chair
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William E Whitehead, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

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

Canada

Alberta Children'S Hospital
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bc Children'S Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
the Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

United States

Children'S Hospital of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Children'S Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Children'S Hospital Colorado
Denver, Colorado, United States
Johns Hopkins Children'S Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
St. Louis Children'S Hospital
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Nationwide Children'S Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Children'S Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Monroe Carell Jr Children'S Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Texas Children'S Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Primary Children'S Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Seattle Children'S Hospital
Seattle, Washington, 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: 1 Apr 2015
Primary completion: 31 Dec 2020
Completion: 31 Dec 2020
Last update posted: 12 Nov 2020
Registered enrollment: 448
Registry id: NCT02425761

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.