Reliable Intravenous Access by Line Experts (RELIABLE): a pilot trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Peripheral intravenous catheter failure prior to completion of therapy.Public Health - Health service research
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001675415
- Lead Sponsor
- Griffith University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patient requires a PVC for greater than 24 hours
=>the age of 18 (no upper limit)
Able to provide written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
Current blood stream infection (within 48 hours of study entry).
Previous enrolment on the study.
Patients on a palliative care pathway and/or receiving critical care treatment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcomes is to establish the feasibility of conducting an adequately powered randomised controlled trial in the future. Feasibility measures will include: patient eligibility (more than 90% of those screened); consent (more than 90% agree to enrol); protocol adherence (more than 90% receive the allocated intervention); and retention (less than 5% of enrolled patients lost to follow up).[At the time of trial completion.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method