Point of Care Echocardiography Versus Chest Radiography for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheter Placement

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Emergency Medicine; Critical Care; Central Venous Catheterization; Ultrasound
• Interventions: Procedure: Point of care echocardiography; Device: Central venous catheter placement; Procedure: Chest radiography

• Registration Number: NCT02661607
• Lead Sponsor: University of Göttingen

Brief Summary

A prospective study to compare the use of point of care echocardiography versus routine chest radiography for the assessment of central venous catheter placement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2015-06-17
• Primary Completion: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-22
• Study Completion: 2016-04
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• patients who require central venous catheterization in critical care environments (ICU, IMC)
• patients (or legal guardian) who provide written informed consents
• patients aged 18 years or older

Exclusion Criteria

• patients who are unable/unwilling to give informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Point of care echocardiography after central venous catheter	Point of care echocardiography	Point of care echocardiography plus chest radiography
Point of care echocardiography after central venous catheter	Central venous catheter placement	Point of care echocardiography plus chest radiography
Point of care echocardiography after central venous catheter	Chest radiography	Point of care echocardiography plus chest radiography

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adequate placement of the central venous catheter	2 hours	Participants will be followed for the period after the intervention to assess correct placement, an expected average of 2 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time needed for the intervention (bedside echocardiography)	5 Minutes	Time of the procedure will be measured, an expected average of 5 minutes
Adverse Events	24 hours	Patients will be followed as per local guidelines to detect complications by central venous catheter placement, usual time Frame of 24 hours (e. g. pneumothorax from cvc placement)
Performance of residents as assessed by the time needed to perform the echocardiography	5 Minutes	Time needed to perform the echocardiography will be measured with an expected average of 5 minutes
Time needed for chest radiography to be performed	2 hours	Time will be measured after requesting chest radiography via telephone until chest radiographs are available for review, an expected average of 2 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Göttingen; 🇩🇪 Göttingen, Germany