Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Information provided by:

University of California, San Francisco

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00692549

First received: June 4, 2008

Last updated: June 5, 2008

Last verified: June 2008

History of Changes

Tracking Information
First Received Date ^ICMJE	June 4, 2008
Last Updated Date	June 5, 2008
Start Date ^ICMJE	June 2005
Primary Completion Date	August 2005 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE (submitted: June 5, 2008)	Number of IV Attempts [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Same as current
Change History	Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00692549 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE (submitted: June 5, 2008)	Time to placement of IV catheter [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Same as current
Current Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Original Other Outcome Measures ^ICMJE	Not Provided

Descriptive Information
Brief Title ^ICMJE	Ultrasound Guidance for Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients.
Official Title ^ICMJE	Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation in Emergency Department Patients With Difficult IV Access: a Randomized Trial.
Brief Summary	A randomized trial of the use of ultrasound by emergency physicians in the placement of intravenous catheters in emergency patients who are found to have difficult intravenous access (defined as two failed attempts by nursing staff).
Detailed Description	Not Provided
Study Type ^ICMJE	Interventional
Study Phase	Not Provided
Study Design ^ICMJE	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Safety Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition ^ICMJE	Difficult IV Access
Intervention ^ICMJE	Device: ultrasound
Study Arm (s)	Experimental: Ultrasound use of ultrasound Intervention: Device: ultrasound No Intervention: no ultrasound no ultrasound
Publications *	Not Provided
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.

Recruitment Information
Recruitment Status ^ICMJE	Completed
Enrollment ^ICMJE	60
Completion Date	August 2005
Primary Completion Date	August 2005 (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE	Inclusion Criteria: patients requiring an IV in the emergency department and who have two failed attempts by nursing staff Exclusion Criteria: emergent need for IV access
Gender	Both
Ages	18 Years and older
Accepts Healthy Volunteers	No
Contacts ^ICMJE	Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Location Countries ^ICMJE	United States

Administrative Information
NCT Number ^ICMJE	NCT00692549
Other Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE	RandomizedIVUS
Has Data Monitoring Committee	No
Responsible Party	John C. Stein MD, University of California, San Francisco
Study Sponsor ^ICMJE	University of California, San Francisco
Collaborators ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Investigators ^ICMJE	Not Provided
Information Provided By	University of California, San Francisco
Verification Date	June 2008
^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP

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