Status:
COMPLETED
Central Venous Access Catheter Placement Using the Sonic Flashlight
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Conditions:
Catheterization, Central Venous
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
The investigators have developed a new device for guiding invasive procedures with ultrasound (US), which they call the sonic flashlight (SF). They attach a half-silvered mirror and a small flat-panel...
Detailed Description
We have developed a new device for guiding invasive procedures with ultrasound (US), which we call the Sonic Flashlight (SF). We attach a half-silvered mirror and a small flat-panel monitor directly t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Subjects must be 18 years of age or older
- The subjects will be patients already coming to interventional radiology services at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)-Presbyterian to have a CVA line placed.
- The racial, gender, and ethnic characteristics of the proposed subject population reflects the demographics of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area and/or the patient population of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Exclusion
- Once 50 patients needing a particular insertion site have participated, no further recruiting will be done for patients needing the same insertion site.
- No exclusion criteria shall be based on race, ethnicity, gender, or HIV status.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00330590
End Date
December 1 2006
Last Update
February 15 2008
Active Locations (1)
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261