The CSF Shunt Entry Site Trial
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02425761. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Official title
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Anterior Versus Posterior Entry Site for Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt Insertion
Brief summary
Reproduced verbatim from the official ClinicalTrials.gov record. Not medical advice.
The purpose of the study is to compare the survival time (time to first shunt failure) of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts inserted through an anterior entry site with those inserted through a posterior entry site in children. Shunt entry site is the location on the head that the shunt catheter enters the brain on its path to the fluid-filled spaces in the brain, the ventricles. Entry sites can be anterior or posterior.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02425761
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 448 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 1 Day to 17 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 1, 2015 (Actual)
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2020 (Estimated)
- Completion
- Dec 31, 2020 (Estimated)
- Last update posted
- Nov 12, 2020
2015 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 11
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 11
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Los Angeles | Los Angeles | California | 90027 | — |
| Children's Hospital Colorado | Denver | Colorado | 80045 | — |
| Johns Hopkins Children's Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21287 | — |
| St. Louis Children's Hospital | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | Columbus | Ohio | 43205 | — |
| Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15224 | — |
| Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| Texas Children's Hospital | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| Primary Children's Medical Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84113 | — |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | Seattle | Washington | 98105 | — |
Site contact phone numbers, emails, and investigator names are intentionally not displayed here. Open the official ClinicalTrials.gov record for site contact information.
Non-U.S. locations
This page focuses on the U.S. directory. The official record also lists 3 non-U.S. sites.
About this trial record page
- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02425761, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
- Where the data comes from
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Nov 12, 2020 · Synced Oct 17, 2026
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