COGNIShunt® System for Alzheimer's Disease

NCT00056628 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2006-09-12

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Summary

This is a study of the effect on the progression of Alzheimer's Disease of a surgically implanted shunt (tube) to increase the flow of cerebrospinal fluid and improve the clearance of potential neurotoxins from the fluid bathing the brain.

Conditions

  • Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

The COGNIShunt® System

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunoe

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Dawn McGuire, MD, Chief Scientific Officer · Eunoe, Inc. 643 Bair Island Road, Redwood City, CA 94063

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
62 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-01-31
Completion
2004-10-31

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