CompletedNot Applicable

Change in Cognition and Frailty After Shunt Surgery in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH)

Norway276 participantsStarted 2018-09-01

Plain-language summary

The goal of this observational study is to describe changes in cognitive profile and frailty from pre shunt to one year after the shunt surgery and to identify clinical predictors of an improvement in terms of cognition and frailty during the same period. The main objective is to identify predictors of the effect on the planned shunt surgery on cognition and frailty.

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Inclusion Criteria: • Diagnosed with iNPH and accepted for shunt surgery according to the American-European guidelines at Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet. Exclusion Criteria: * Non-native speakers of Norwegian * Patients who had completed ≤ 3 cognitive tests

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What they're measuring

Change in Trail Making Test A (TMT A) from preoperative to postoperative in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH).

Timeframe: 12 month

Change in Frailty Index (FI) from preoperative to postoperative in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH).

Timeframe: 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07642726

SponsorOslo University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2025-06-19

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