Clinical Evaluation of the PowerGlide™ Pro Midline Catheter

University Hospital Augsburg

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain; Catheter Infection

Treatments: Device: PowerGlide™ Pro Midline Catheter

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06037525

MIDLINE

Details and patient eligibility

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Clinical evaluation of the PowerGlide™ Pro Midline Catheter in patients with vascular diseases

Full description

Clinical evaluation of the PowerGlide™ Pro Midline Catheter in patients with vascular diseases. The selected patients are in need of a long-term i.v. therapy for reasons as antibiotic therapy or alprostadil therapy. The Midline catheter is a device, which is placed via Seldinger's technique to a vein usual on the upper extremity under ultrasound-control.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• need for i.v. therapy longer than 7 days
• poor peripheral vein status
• Administration of alprostadil

Exclusion criteria

• pending dialysis
• allergy to catheter material
• minor age
• life threatening conditions
• requirement for central venous catheter