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2025-12-24 @ 5:00 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-02-25 @ 2:35 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03350750
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2022-08-02
First Post:
2017-11-14
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
True
Brief Title:
A Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in INPH Shunting (PENS) Trial
Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
A Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in INPH Shunting (PENS) Trial: Proof of Concept
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2022-05
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
PENS
Brief Summary:
The Placebo-Controlled Effectiveness in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) Shunting (PENS) trial is a multi-center blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled design investigation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt surgery to study the shunt effectiveness in iNPH patients.
Detailed Description:
The primary intervention will be setting the FDA-approved Certas Plus with Siphonguard, programmable CSF shunt valve to active (open shunt group)(setting 4)(110 mm H2O) or placebo (closed shunt group)(setting 8)(\>400 mm H2O)in a 1:1 ratio. By the time of the primary objective evaluation at four months, the closed shunt group will have zero months of active treatment, and the open shunt group will have four months of active treatment. At four months, shunts for subjects in the closed shunt group will be adjusted to setting 4. To maintain blinding, all patients will be adjusted/ mock adjusted to the active setting in a similar fashion. Patients from both groups will not be adjusted before four months of active treatment, unless judged medically necessary by the treating team. Following four months of active treatment, all subjects in each group will have shunt adjustments according to clinical standards at each center.
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
True
Is an Unapproved Device?:
True
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
False
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: