The Ventricular Catheter Placement Study: Assessment of Efficacy and Safety of an Ultrasound Guided Shunt Insertion Technique
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Brief summary
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Shunt failure remains a significant problem in pediatric patients with hydrocephalus. If reliable techniques for the accurate placement of ventricular catheters can be developed, shunt survival may improve. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of the ultrasound guided shunt insertion technique in the hands of experienced surgeons. The primary outcome measure is ventricular catheter location determined from post-operative brain images. The study is being conducted by the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (HCRN), a network established to conduct multi-institutional clinical trials on pediatric hydrocephalus. Pediatric neurosurgeons at HCRN centers enrolled in this study will perform either ultrasound guided shunt surgery or a conventional shunt surgery. Patients who undergo conventional shunt surgery will serve as a contemporary control group.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01007786
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not listed
- Enrollment
- 67 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
Not listed
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Up to 18 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Dec 2008 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Feb 2010 (Actual)
- Completion
- Mar 2011 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- Jun 14, 2012
2008 – 2011
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 3
- U.S. states
- 3
- U.S. cities
- 3
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
| Texas Children's Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Primary Children's Medical Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84113 | — |
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