Carotid Artery Analysis During an LPEC Manoeuvre

Completed

• Conditions: Carotid Occlusion
• Interventions: Procedure: Ultrasound LPEC/Sellick

• Registration Number: NCT04173910
• Lead Sponsor: University of Liege

Brief Summary

Verify in ultrasound the impact of a Sellick and LPEC manoeuvre in terms of compression of the carotid artery and decrease in vascular flow.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-11-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-11-21
• Study First Posted: 2019-11-22
• Study Start: 2020-06-15
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-15
• Study Completion: 2020-08-01
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults Volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnant women
• people with carotid artery defects
• people with an anomaly in the oropharyngeal massif

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
LPEC/Sellick ultrasound	Ultrasound LPEC/Sellick	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Compression of the carotid artery during an esophageal compression manoeuvre	through study completion, an average of 1 month	Measurement of the diameter of the carotid artery in cross-section and longitudinal section
Vascular flow of the carotid artery during an esophageal compression manoeuvre	through study completion, an average of 1 month	Measurement of systolic velocities in pulsed Doppler in the carotid artery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measurement of the force to be applied to compress the esophagus without compressing the carotid artery	through study completion, an average of 1 month	use of a dynamometer to measure the force required to exert at the left paratracheal level

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Javillier; 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium