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NCT00470132 Clinical Trial

Ventricular Shunt and Drain Infections - Timing of Reimplantation

Ventricular Shunt Infection Clinical Trial

Official title:
Ventricular Shunt and Drain Infections - Timing of Reimplantation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data
NCT number NCT00470132
Other study ID # PRO07040262
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 3, 2007
Last updated August 23, 2012
Start date May 2007
Est. completion date December 2011

Study information
Verified date August 2012
Source University of Pittsburgh
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority United States: Institutional Review Board
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The retrospective study will help determine whether or not placement of new devices prior to the recommended time was associated with a high risk of relapse or treatment failure.

Description:

The following information will be collected from the medical record retrospectively: demographic data (age, gender, ethnicity, height, weight), past medical history, laboratory results, microbiologic data, data on the patients' devices (type of device, data that it was placed, exchanged or removed), treatment and clinical and microbiological outcomes. This will all be collected retrospectively.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Completed
Enrollment 400
Est. completion date December 2011
Est. primary completion date December 2011
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients that were cared for by the PI for the purpose of treating an infected ventricular shunt or drainage device for the central nervous system.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Those patients records that do not meet entry criteria

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Locations
Country Name City State
United States University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Pittsburgh

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States,