POCUS for Difficult Peripheral Access in the Emergency Department - a RCT

NCT05119673 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: POCUS-DiffAcc
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 442
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Peripheral intravenous line insertion is the most commonly performed invasive procedure in the emergency department (ED). The research hypothesis is that a biplane sonographic approach (i.e., an out-of-plane and in-plane view) might be superior to a mono-plane approach (i.e., an out-of-plane or in-plane view) obtaining a peripheral vascular access among difficult patients admitted to the ED

Conditions

Vascular Access; Emergencies

Keywords

Point-of-care ultrasound; emergency department

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• number of attempts of each peripheral i.v. access placement

  The number of attempts needed for getting a peripheral i.v. access will be measured

  Through study completion, likely of 1 year and half

• Time needed for each peripheral i.v. access placement

  Time needed for for getting a peripheral i.v. access will be measured

  Through study completion, likely of 1 year and half

Study Arms (2)

mono-plane sonographic view

NO INTERVENTION

Usual standard of care, in our institution, for difficult peripheral vascular access in the Emergency Department.

bi-plane sonographic view

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Other: bi-plane sonographic view to difficult peripheral vascular access using Butterfly iQ+®

Interventions

bi-plane sonographic view to difficult peripheral vascular access using Butterfly iQ+® OTHER

Bi-plane Butterfly iQ+® sonographic visualization will be used to help Emergency Department operators to get a venous peripheral access in a population of patients considered difficult for this task based on their history or the present clinical situation.

bi-plane sonographic view

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• chronic renal disease/ongoing dialysis;
• sickle cell anemia;
• prolonged and/or frequent use of i.v. drugs;
• difficult vascular access (after a first attempt or self-reported);
• previously need for more than one attempts / ultrasound guidance for getting a peripheral vascular access.

You may not qualify if:

• no consent to participate in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Turin, Italy: lead
• Butterfly Network: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Emergency Department, Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Univeristy Hospital

Turin, Italy

Location

Related Publications (30)

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emergencies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Emanuele Pivetta, MD,PhD

  Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino University Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Staff physician

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 20, 2021
• First Posted: November 15, 2021
• Study Start: October 22, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 11, 2022
• Study Completion: May 11, 2022
• Last Updated: May 9, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IT (1)