University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
Completed
NCT Number: NCT00470132
Ventricular Shunt and Drain Infections - Timing of Reimplantation
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.
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Conditions
Age range
18 year and older
Sex eligibility
All sexes
Study type
Observational
Primary location
About this study
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.
Who can participate
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
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
Sponsors and collaborators
Lead sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Other
Registry information
Important dates
- Study start
- 2007
- Primary completion
- 2011
- Study completion
- 2011
- First posted
- May 7, 2007
- Registry last updated
- Aug 24, 2012
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