Thermal Camera Detection of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Flow (Infrared Shunt)

There have been reports in the past of using thermal cameras to demonstrate flow in the tubing as a surrogate of proper shunt function. This was shown to have almost 90% accuracy at determining proper functioning but required expensive equipment that was not universally available. There is now smart phone based thermal camera technology (Flir One: http://www.flir.com/flirone/) that could make this technique widely available for health care use. The goal of the study is to determine if this device can demonstrate flow in the distal tubing of a VP shunt.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hydrocephalus

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Pennsylvania
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
      • University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult patients with VP shunts at the University of Pennsylvania, Department of Neurosurgery

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with known VP shunt
• Status of shunt function known.
• Patients with well healed wounds (no immediately post op patients)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients in urgent need of shunt revision
• Age less than 18

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Shunt suspected to be functioning
Shunt suspected to not be functioning

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Determine if a smartphone based thermal camera can determine flow in the distal tubing of a VP shunt.	3 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 16, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 23, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 23, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): March 2, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 11, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 8, 2020
• Last Verified: May 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Hydrocephalus
• Other Study ID Numbers: 827169

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No