Comparison for patients of lumbar drain and shunt surgery for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH Trial)

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Led By Laura Pare, MD, FRCSC

Research Sponsored by University of California, Irvine

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 30 min per clinic visit

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Summary

The research project is designed to determine which combination of tests will enable physicians to predict whether a patient with symptoms of normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) will improve with a shunt.

Eligible Conditions

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ initial and follow-up visits

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~initial and follow-up visits

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and initial and follow-up visits for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Evans Ratio

Secondary outcome measures

Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Comparison for patients of lumbar drain and shunt surgeryExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Subjective comparisons made for patients - before and after external lumbar drain, before and after shunt surgery. Device: Programmable Shunt Insertion (Codman Medtronic) Behavioral: Assessments in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy Follow-up testing to be administered by trained physician assistant in the outpatient setting on an approximately monthly basis: 10m walk, timed up-and-go, mini-mental status exam, 9-hole grooved pegboard, motor visual perception test (MVPT), modified rankin score (MRS)

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of California, IrvineLead Sponsor

559 Previous Clinical Trials

1,929,984 Total Patients Enrolled

Laura Pare, MD, FRCSCPrincipal InvestigatorUC Irvine

~1 spots leftby Sep 2025

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