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NCT Number: NCT01680666

A Prospective Trial of Ultrasound Versus Landmark Guided Central Venous Access in the Pediatric Population

The investigators hypothesized that, in children undergoing venous cannulation for central line placement by pediatric surgeons, ultrasound-guided cannulation leads to an increase in successful venous cannulation at first attempt compared to landmark guided cannulation.

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Key information

Conditions

Need for Central Venous Access

Age range

Up to 18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All patients between the ages of 0 and 18 years undergoing tunneled central venous line placement under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

  • Preoperative proof of non-patency of central veins
  • coagulopathy
  • access site surgeon

Treatment and study plan

central line placement

Procedure

central line placement

Ultrasound

Device

Ultrasound guided central venous access

Other names: Sonosite, Bothel, WA, Aloka, Wallingford, CT

Primary outcomes

  1. Success of Central Venous Cannulation at First Attempt

    Time frame: Up to 410 seconds

    The count (%) of patients with successful central venous cannulation at first attempt is reported.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Success of Central Venous Cannulation Within First Three Attempts

    Time frame: Up to 410 seconds

    The count (%) of patients with successful central venous cannulation within the first three attempts is reported.

  2. Patients With Arterial Punctures

    Time frame: Up to 410 seconds

    The count (%) of patients with arterial punctures is presented.

  3. Patients With Complications

    Time frame: Up to 410 seconds

    The count (%) of patients with complications (including hemothorax, hematoma, pneumothorax, or catheter malposition) is presented.

  4. Time to Successful Cannulation

    Time frame: Up to 410 seconds

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Stanford University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Prospective Randomized Trial of Ultrasound Versus Landmark Guided Central Venous Access in Children

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Sep 7, 2012
Registry last updated
Nov 9, 2017

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