Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (INPH)

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Clinical Trial

Official title:

Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00727142
• Other study ID #: 08/0149
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: July 2012

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: University College London Hospitals
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to provide class 1 evidence supporting or refuting the existence of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

Description:

By comparing one group with active CSF shunting with another with non .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 14
• Est. completion date: July 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Idiopathic Normal pressure Hydrocephalus

Exclusion Criteria:

• Alzheimer disease

• Vascular dementia

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hydrocephalus
• Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Intervention

Procedure:
• Surgical treatment
Insertion of a functioning shunt

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery	London

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University College London Hospitals

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	improvement in walking speed		3 months
Secondary	improved cognition or continence		3 months