Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (INPH)

N/ATerminatedNCT00727142

University College London Hospitals14 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to provide class 1 evidence supporting or refuting the existence of normal pressure hydrocephalus.

By comparing one group with active CSF shunting with another with non .

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Insertion of a functioning shunt

Sex: ALLMin age: 40 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Idiopathic Normal pressure Hydrocephalus Exclusion Criteria: * Alzheimer disease * Vascular dementia

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

London, United Kingdom

improvement in walking speed

Time frame: 3 months

improved cognition or continence

Time frame: 3 months

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