ShuntCheck Performance Characteristics in Asymptomatic Pseudotumor Cerebri Patients

Description

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.

Conditions

Pseudotumor Cerebri

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Study Details

Study overview

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.

Assessment of ShuntCheck Performance Characteristics in Asymptomatic Patients With Pseudotumor Cerebri

ShuntCheck Performance Characteristics in Asymptomatic Pseudotumor Cerebri Patients

Condition
Pseudotumor Cerebri
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Tampa

University of South Florida Department of Neurological Surgery and Brain Repair, Tampa, Florida, United States, 33606

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 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
  • * 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;
  • * ShuntCheck test would interfere with standard patient care, or emergency shunt surgery that cannot be delayed is indicated;
  • * Presence of an interfering open wound or edema over any portion of the VP shunt.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of South Florida,

Naomi Abel, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of South Florida

Study Record Dates

2025-01