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UnknownNCT03245138
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Versus Ventriculo-peritoneal Shunting in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
An endoscopic third ventriculostomy is considered to be successful in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in some literature reports, but there is a lack of high quality data. The aim of the present study is to compare the treatment options of iNPH (Endoscopic third ventriculostomy versus ventriculo-peritoneal shunt) in a randomized, controlled, multicenter study.
Detailed description
The traditional treatment for communicating hydrocephalus is a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion and the endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is reserved for patients with obstructive hydrocephalus. However, in the last decade several reports highlighted an success of an ETV in communicating hydrocephalus as well. Thus, the aim of the present study is to compare ventriculo-peritoneal shunting against ETV in patients with an idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, an subset of communicating hydrocephalus, in a randomized, controlled multicenter study.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy | patients receive an endoscopic third ventriculotomy as surgical procedure |
| PROCEDURE | Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunting | patients receive an ventriculo-peritoneal shunt as surgical procedure |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-12-01
- Completion
- 2020-12-01
- First posted
- 2017-08-10
- Last updated
- 2018-11-06
Locations
3 sites across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03245138. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.