# ETV Versus Shunt Surgery in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

> **NCT00946127** · — · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Johns Hopkins University** · enrollment: 13 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hydrocephalus

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement
- **PROCEDURE:** Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy(ETV)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00946127
- **Lead sponsor:** Johns Hopkins University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2009-03
- **Primary completion:** 2011-10
- **Final completion:** 2011-10
- **Target enrollment:** 13 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Unable to recruit patients and lack of efficacy in ETV arm
- **Last updated:** 2012-10-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00946127

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00946127, "ETV Versus Shunt Surgery in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00946127. Licensed CC0.

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