# Comparative Infection Rates for the Codman BACTISEAL TM External Ventricular Drainage (EVD) System

> **NCT00197392** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Codman & Shurtleff** · enrollment: 434 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Intraventricular Hemorrhage
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

## Interventions

- **DEVICE:** Bactiseal TM EVD
- **DEVICE:** Standard EVD Catheter

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00197392
- **Lead sponsor:** Codman & Shurtleff
- **Sponsor class:** INDUSTRY
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2004-11
- **Primary completion:** 2009-12
- **Final completion:** 2010-01
- **Target enrollment:** 434 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2013-11-05


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00197392

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00197392, "Comparative Infection Rates for the Codman BACTISEAL TM External Ventricular Drainage (EVD) System". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00197392. Licensed CC0.

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