NCT02985528

Completed

Emergency Thoracic Ultrasound and Clinical Risk Management

Guglielmo Trovato, MD, PhD Source

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Sponsor study identifier

TUSMASTER

Study Type

observational

Actual enrollment (reported)

400

Locations

0 countries

Sites

N/A

Timeline

Study Start

February 2016

Date type not reported

This date has not been verified as actual or estimated.

Primary Completion

July 2016

Actual (reported)

Study Completion

July 2016

Actual (reported)

Brief Summary

Clinical risk assessment and management is mostly relevant in emergency. Thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has been proposed as an easy-option replacement for chest X-ray (CXR) in Emergency diagnosis of pneumonia, pleural effusion and pneumothorax. Investigators investigated CXR "unforeseen diagnosis", provided by TUS, exploring usefulness and sustainability of telementoring aimed at the management of clinical risk. This observational report includes a period of six months with a proactive concurrent adjunctive telementoring in TUS diagnosis using freely available smartphone applications for the transfer of images and movies.

Registry Overview

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Recruitment status: completed
Actual enrollment (reported): 400 participants
Study completion date: July 2016
Actual (reported)
Listed locations: 0 countries · 0 sites

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Study Timeline

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Study Start
February 2016
Date type not reported
This date has not been verified as actual or estimated.
Primary Completion
July 2016
Actual (reported)
Study Completion
July 2016
Actual (reported)
First Submitted
December 5, 2016
Actual (reported)
First Posted
December 7, 2016
Actual (reported)

Last Updated: December 7, 2016
Status Verified: December 2016
Last Update Submitted: December 6, 2016

Conditions

Chest Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

level of individual diagnostic accuracy of TUS vs. CXR
one day

Study Arms (2)

TUS positive

Ultrasound detection of pleuro-pulmonary disease and further diagnostic and imaging when needed

Other: further diagnostic

CXR positive

Radiographic detection of pleuro-pulmonary disease and further diagnostic and imaging when needed

Other: further diagnostic

Interventions

further diagnosticOther

further diagnostic procedures - mainly CHEST CT -

Also known as: chest CT

CXR positiveTUS positive

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Eligibility Criteria

Age16 Years+

Sexall

Healthy VolunteersNo

Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

Sampling MethodNon-Probability Sample

Study Population

observations of a single physician of consecutivo emergency patients, (excluding trauma patients) addressed to a single facility for pain symptoms: of chest, abdomen (with or without distention), lumbar region, neck; and/or dyspnea and/or cough and/or fever with detection of humid or dry lung sounds, chest dullness, of heart and/or pleura-pericardial sounds, and/or jugular congestion.

You may qualify if:

Sponsors & Collaborators

Guglielmo Trovato, MD, PhD
Otherlead

Enrollment

400 participants (actual enrollment reported by the registry).

Study Design

Study Type: observational
Observational Model: CASE ONLY
Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sponsor Type: OTHER
Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
PI Title: Professor of Medicine - Research Project Planning Unit

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

December 5, 2016

First Posted

December 7, 2016

Study Start

February 2016

Date type not reported

This date has not been verified as actual or estimated.

Patients included in this study have satisfied one of these two criteria of unexpected diagnosis after TUS examination:

Patients in which chest radiography was not diagnostic, or totally negative, in which thoracic ultrasound suggested evidence of a specific pathology (consolidation, effusion, pneumothorax), later confirmed by CT.

Patients with detection of a chest disease on chest radiographs, and which a specific condition was further detailed, or differently addressed by the ultrasound procedure, and confirmed by CT.

You may not qualify if:

patients with non-invasive pulse oximetry lower than 92.0% of Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) , with clinical or instrumental signs of heart failure, in hemodialysis or with severe renal insufficiency, with a known diagnosis of solid or blood tumors.

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Primary Completion

July 2016

Actual (reported)

Study Completion

July 2016

Actual (reported)

Last Updated

December 7, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-12

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing: Will not share

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Source updated: 2016-12-07
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Brief Summary

Registry Overview

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Study Start

Primary Completion

Study Completion

First Submitted

First Posted

Conditions

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

Study Arms (2)

TUS positive

CXR positive

Interventions

Eligibility Criteria

You may qualify if:

Sponsors & Collaborators

Enrollment

Study Design

Study Record Dates

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Data Sharing

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