Clinical trialNCT02484287TerminatedInterventional

Quality Control: A Prospective Analysis of EVD Effectiveness

SponsorUniversity of OklahomaEnrollment60Catheter Related Infections

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Summary

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The purpose and/or hypothesis: To decrease the amount of external ventricular drain (EVD) related catheter infections by comparing the efficacy of Oklahoma University Medicine standard EVD catheters, both impregnated and non-impregnated, in three principle areas: incidence of infection, cost analysis, and average durations of placement, all while maintaining the standards of technique.

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Investigators

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Ahmed A Cheema, MD
Associate Professor
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

Oklahoma University Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 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: 30 Apr 2016
Primary completion: 12 Jul 2018
Completion: 12 Jul 2018
Last update posted: 3 Jul 2023
Registered enrollment: 60
Registry id: NCT02484287

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