About this trial
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of devices used in patients undergoing fetoscopic neural tube defect repair.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients who elect to undergo fetoscopic neural tube defect repair
Disqualifiers
Patients who do not elect to undergo fetoscopic neural tube defect repair
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Modified Surgical Instruments/Devices (Sheaths and Irrigator)
DevicePatients who choose to undergo fetoscopic surgery will be offered participation in this study. All patients will undergo a fetoscopic repair of the fetal open neural tube defect with the use of the modified devices in this study.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Number of adverse events
Number of adverse events associated with the investigational device
Number of device defects, malfunctions, or failures
Number of device defects, malfunctions, or failures and whether the device performed as intended.
Sponsors and contacts
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Michael A Belfort
Lead sponsor
Baylor College of Medicine
Sponsor institution
Baylor College of Medicine
Collaborator