MedTrace Logo

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

NCT01115270 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 196

Last updated 2016-05-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure

Interventions

OTHER

Non-invasive measures

assessment of cerebrovascular fluid movement

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Marvin Bergsneider, M.D. · University of California, Los Angeles

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Companies

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01115270 on ClinicalTrials.gov