Clinical trials: Hydrocephalus, Communicating
Communicating Hydrocephalus
Third Ventriculostomy Versus Shunt for Children With Hydrocephalus
Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are the standard of care for patients with communicating hydrocephalus, but they have a high failure rate - up to 40% fail within 1 year and 50% fail within 2 years.
- Trial name
- NCT01801267
- Testing
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV), Ventricular shunt
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, External Hydrocephalus
Head Circumference Growth in Children With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Who Develop Dysautonomia Later in Life
It is known that 33-50% of Classic and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome patients eventually develop dysautonomia, otherwise known as "POTS" (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome).
- Conditions
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, External Hydrocephalus, Dysautonomia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT01367977
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Genetic Disease Investigators