Recruiting

Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation

Sponsor:

Queen's University

Code:

NCT03745209

Conditions

Difficult IV Access

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Ultrasound

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a randomized controlled single-center study that will be conducted in the intensive care unit. The main objective of this study is to assess the success rate of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous cannulation in ICU patients with difficult intravenous access compared with traditional landmark technique.

Conditions

Difficult IV Access

Study ID

NCT03745209

Start date

Jan 21, 2019

Status verified date

Feb, 2019

Completion date

Jun 21, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 21, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Difficult IV access patients after 2 failed attempts

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Upper-extremity cellulitis
  • Unstable and need urgent intravenous access( central line or IO).

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV.

Ultrasound-guided peripheral IV cannulation

no intervention: Traditional landmark technique

Traditional landmark technique

Interventions

Ultrasound

Use of real-time ultrasound in an attempt to establish intravenous peripheral catheter.

Primary outcome measure

  • Overall success rate of IV placement [ Time Frame: Up to 30 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Mohammed R ALshamsi, MD

343333398617mras@queensu.ca

Fadi A Alsulaimi, MD

343-333-094117fhas@queensu.ca

Locations

Kingston General Hospital

Recruiting

Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7

Contacts

Mohammed R Alshamsi, MD

343333398617mras@queensu.ca

Gordon Boyd, MD

613-549-6666boydj@kgh.kari.net

More Information

Sponsor

Queen's University

Last update posted

Feb 12, 2019

Last verified

Feb, 2019

Keywords

  • Peripheral IV
  • Difficult
  • Ultrasound-guided

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Queen's University on 2019-02-12.