A Trial on Ultrasound-assisted Spinal Anaesthesia

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Spinal Anaesthesia; Ultrasound
• Interventions: Procedure: Ultrasound scan

• Registration Number: NCT01699373
• Lead Sponsor: Changi General Hospital

Brief Summary

A randomised controlled trial comparing the use of pre-procedural ultrasound scanning with manual palpation to identify landmarks for performance of spinal anaesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-04
• Primary Completion: 2012-04
• Study Completion: 2012-05
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-10-02
• Study First Posted: 2012-10-03
• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Results First Submitted: 2013-02-27
• Results First Submitted QC: 2013-02-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-27
• Results First Posted: 2013-04-09
• Last Update Posted: 2013-04-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 170

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA I to III
• undergoing surgery amenable to spinal anaesthesia

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient refusal
• contraindications to regional anaesthesia
• known allergy to local anaesthetics
• bleeding diathesis
• inability to provide informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Ultrasound-assisted	Ultrasound scan	Pre-procedural ultrasound scan performed

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Success Rate of First-attempt of Spinal Anaesthesia	During procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time Taken to Perform Spinal Anaesthesia	During procedure

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Changi General Hospital; 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore