Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.

This study has been completed.

First Received: June 4, 2008 Last Updated: June 5, 2008 History of Changes

Sponsored by:	University of California, San Francisco
Information provided by:	University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00692549

Purpose

A randomized trial of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the placement of intravenous catheters in emergency patients who are found to have difficult intravenous access (defined as two failed attempts by nursing staff).

Condition	Intervention
Difficult IV Access	Device: ultrasound

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Single Group Assignment, Safety Study
Official Title:	Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult IV Access: a Randomized Trial.

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Ultrasound

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of California, San Francisco:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Number of IV Attempts [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Time to placement of IV catheter [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Enrollment:	60
Study Start Date:	June 2005
Study Completion Date:	August 2005
Primary Completion Date:	August 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Ultrasound: Experimental use of ultrasound	Device: ultrasound
no ultrasound: No Intervention no ultrasound

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

patients requiring an IV in the emergency department and who have two failed attempts by nursing staff

Exclusion Criteria:

emergent need for IV access

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00692549

Locations

United States, California
University of California
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of California, San Francisco

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	University of California, San Francisco ( John C. Stein MD )
Study ID Numbers:	RandomizedIVUS
Study First Received:	June 4, 2008
Last Updated:	June 5, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00692549 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by University of California, San Francisco:

ultrasound
iv access
Patients with difficult iv access in emergency departments.

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Emergencies

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes
Emergencies

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 11, 2009