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Prospective Shunt Complication Study

NCT02778997 · Status: SUSPENDED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2025-04-06

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Summary

Complications in patients with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunts are common. Thus, these patients are frequently admitted for suspicion of a shunt dysfunction (SD). However, the symptoms of a SD are often unspecific and the required diagnostics are time consuming, expensive, invasive and may involve radiation exposure. In a prospective observational study it is planned to find out, how often a suspected shunt dysfunction is found, which kinds of shunt dysfunction are seen and if there is a correlation between the shunt dysfunctions and the age of the shunt. Furthermore, it is intended to find out, if there are symptom-patterns specific for certain shunt dysfunctions.

Conditions

  • Shunt; Complications, Ventricular (Communicating)

Interventions

PROCEDURE

CSF Shunt treatment for hydrocephalus

State after CSF shunt implantation

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luca Regli, MD · Zurich University Hospital, Dept. of Neurosurgery

  • Lennart H Stieglitz, MD · Zurich University Hospital, Dept. of Neurosurgery

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2027-07-01

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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