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NCT04309383Completed

ShuntCheck Performance Characteristics in Asymptomatic Pseudotumor Cerebri Patients

Assessment of ShuntCheck Performance Characteristics in Asymptomatic Patients With Pseudotumor Cerebri

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of the study is to determine if the ShuntCheck test can correctly identify flow or no flow in a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with pseudotumor cerebri.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
12 (actual)
First submitted
12 Mar 2020
Start date
29 Oct 2019
Primary completion date
5 Feb 2026
Lead sponsor
University of South Florida
NCT number
NCT04309383

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Participants enrolled: 12
  • From 29 Oct 2019 to the primary completion date, 5 Feb 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • ShuntCheck test would interfere with standard patient care, or emergency shunt surgery that cannot be delayed is indicated;

Other

  • Presence of multiple shunts, or presence of more than one distal shunt catheter (regardless of function) crossing the clavicle ipsilateral to the shunt with suspected obstruction;
  • Presence of an interfering open wound or edema over any portion of the VP shunt.

Who the study is looking for

  • 18 years old or older Adult men or women who possess a VP shunt placed for PTC;
  • Capable of providing valid signed informed consent, or has a legal guardian, health care agent, or surrogate decision maker (according to local statutes, and collectively referred to as "surrogates" in this protocol) capable of providing valid, signed informed consent;
  • Subjects will be asymptomatic visiting for routine care at 2-4 weeks post op

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
University of South Florida Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Repair
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status

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