Can Veinlite Reduce Complications of Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Placement in Children

Ege University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complication; Catheterization; Pain

Treatments: Other: Standard care; Device: Veinlite

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05242068

E.314064

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to investigate the use of Veinlite LED+ (TransLite, Sugar Land, Tex) to assist with PIC placement. The Veinlite uses LED (light-emitting diode) lights to enhance the visualization of veins by using orange and red color that are absorbed in venous blood.

The investigators' hypothesis for this study was that the vein imaging would reduce the complications related to catheter and the pain that the participants would feel.

Full description

Peripheral Intravenous Catheterization (PIC) introduces multiple risks and potential morbidities. Patients with PIC-associated complications have longer length of stay, higher clinical and economic burden, and greater risk of death than patients without. The most serious complications due to intravenous (IV) catheters are infiltration and extravasation.

The primary endpoint was to evaluate whether Veinlite LED+ would prevent catheter-related complications.

The secondary endpoint were;

1. to evaluate the efficacy of the vein imaging device on pediatric pain during intravenous catheterization
2. to evaluate the efficacy of the vein imaging device on catheter dwell time.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged between 5 and 18
• Children with DIVA (Difficult intravenous access score) score 4 or more
• That the child and the parent speak Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• needing urgent treatment
• a critical health condition
• That the child or the parent has a communication problem

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard care of group

Other group

Description:

Patients in standard care of group received traditional peripheral intravenous catheterization

Treatment:

Other: Standard care

Veinlite group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in veinlite group received peripheral intravenous catheterization with Veinlite

Treatment:

Device: Veinlite