NCT01850914

Vascular Risk Factors in INPH-patients

Vascular Risk Factors, Subclinical and Manifest Vascular Disease in Patients With Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 860 (actual)
• Sponsor: Umeå University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) is a treatable and a common disease of the elderly. The overall objective of this work is to describe cardio- and cerebrovascular risk factors and vascular disease in shunted INPH-patients compared to an age- and sex matched elderly population, as well as the impact of vascular risk factors and vascular co-morbidity on clinical symptoms and outcome of surgery in INPH-patients. The hypothesis is that INPH-patients have a higher level of vascular risk factors and subclinical organ damage than a normal elderly population, and that the higher the level of existing vascular risk factors, the more severe the symptoms of the hydrocephalic disease.

Conditions

• Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
• Vascular Diseases
• Brain Diseases
• Central Nervous System Diseases
• Nervous System Diseases

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-07-01
• Completion: 2012-07-01
• First posted: 2013-05-10
• Last updated: 2013-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden