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RecruitingNCT06996600Updated May 30, 2025

Assessment of CSF Shunt Flow and Headaches With a Thermal Measurement Device

An interventional study of wireless thermal anisotropy measurement device in Hydrocephalus, sponsored by Rhaeos, Inc.. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-30.

Sponsored by Rhaeos, Inc. · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2025, 11 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started May 2025; still recruiting 1 year 6 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
29
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
6 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study evaluates the performance of a device for non-invasively assessing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt flow over multiple measurements performed by a study subject during headache and non-headache periods.

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Conditions studied

  • Hydrocephalus

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In context

Hydrocephalus

190 studies on the registry are indexed under Hydrocephalus; 52 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 29 is below the median of 41 across 97 interventional studies indexed under Hydrocephalus.

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Lead sponsor

Rhaeos, Inc. is the lead sponsor of 16 studies on the registry; 10 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Existing ventriculoperitoneal CSF shunt
  2. Subject experiencing ongoing headaches including at least 15 headache days per month for the past 3 months
  3. Region of intact skin overlying an unambiguously identifiable palpable chronically indwelling ventricular shunt which crosses the clavicle and is appropriate in size for application of the study device
  4. Available for remote and in-person follow-up during the 30-day measurement period
  5. Signed by subject or a parent, legal guardian, health care agent, or surrogate decision maker (according to local statutes)
  6. Subject or caregiver is able to clearly communicate and document information and shunt symptoms in English
  7. Subject is at least 6 years old but not more than 80 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of more than one distal shunt catheter in the study device measurement region
  2. Shunt is not palpable due to depth or depth of shunt where the device will be placed is greater than 4 mm per ultrasound evaluation
  3. Presence of an interfering open wound or edema in the study device measurement region
  4. Subject-reported history of serious adverse skin reactions to silicone-based adhesives
  5. Investigator judges that the subject is likely to be lost to follow-up due to unavailability or clinical outcome being unobtainable
  6. Investigator judges that the subject is unlikely to successfully take reliable measurements at home
  7. Investigator judges that the subject/subject's caretaker would not be able to successfully place the device without assistance
  8. Use of the study device would interfere with standard patient care, or emergency surgery that cannot be delayed, or participation in the study will interfere with, or be detrimental to, administration of optimal healthcare to the subject
  9. Prior enrollment in this study
  10. Participation in any other procedural, pharmaceutical, and/or device study that may influence the collection of valid data under this study
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Investigational drug or device

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
29 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CSF Shunted Patients with Chronic Headaches

    hydrocephalus patients with an existing ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt who experience chronic headaches, defined as ≥15 headache episodes/month for ≥3 months

    Device: wireless thermal anisotropy measurement device

Interventions

  • Devicewireless thermal anisotropy measurement device

    Wireless wearable thermal anisotropy measurement device designed for use at home

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Correlation Between Study Device Flow Measurement and Subject-reported Headaches

    Exploratory analysis to determine the relationship between headaches (subject-reported headache and non-headache periods) and measured flow. Data will be analyzed using the Point-Biserial Correlation Coefficient between headaches periods (headache and non-headache periods) and thermal flow score (flow score derived from algorithm analysis of raw thermal data)

    Time frame: 30 days

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started May 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2025, 7 months after the start.

Of 40 interventional studies with no phase under Hydrocephalus, half reached primary completion within 49 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 21 and three quarters within 63. This study's planned 7 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 12, 2025
First posted
May 30, 2025
StartActual
May 2, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Dec 2025
CompletionEst.
Dec 2025
Last update
May 30, 2025
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 30, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06996600
Lead sponsor
Rhaeos, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 30, 2025
Start date
May 2, 2025
Primary completion
Dec 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2025 (estimated)
Last update
May 30, 2025

Study contacts

Anna Somera
Contact
clinical@rhaeos.com
855-814-3569

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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