NCT00280904View on ClinicalTrials.gov

A Registry for Comparing Catheter-Related Infection Rates Among Various Shunt Systems in the Treatment of Hydrocephalus

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

433

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2006

Primary Completion Date

April 30, 2008

Study Completion Date

April 30, 2008

Conditions

Hydrocephalus

Interventions

DEVICE

Shunt catheter

standard of care implantation of shunt (any brand). Subjects are followed for 90 days to obtain information about whether or not an infection occurred.

Trial Locations (8)

17033

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey

60614

Children's memorial Hospital, Chicago

110029

All India Insitute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

200040

Ua Shan Hospital, Shanghai

308433

National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

V6H 3V4

British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver

Unknown

Prince of Wales Hospital, Beijing

Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

All Listed Sponsors

lead

Codman & Shurtleff

INDUSTRY

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