EffectivenesS of Additional X-ray PRotection dEviceS in Reducing Scattered Radiation in Radial interventiOn (ESPRESSO)

Tommaso Gori

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exposure of Member of Staff to Medical Diagnostic X-Ray

Treatments: Radiation: Protection shield & X-ray protective strips; Radiation: Protection shield & protective strips & patient cut-outs; Radiation: Plain X-ray protection shield

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03634657

ESPRESSO

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the radiation exposure of scattered radiation for the interventionalist during coronary angiography using different X-ray protection materials, namely, an X-ray Screen without additional X-ray protection, an X-ray Screen with additional protective strips and an X-ray Screen with additional protective strips AND protective patient cut-outs.

Enrollment: 700 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• indication for coronary angiography

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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700 participants in 3 patient groups

Plain X-ray protection shield

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Radiation: Plain X-ray protection shield

Protection shield & X-ray protective strips

Experimental group

Treatment:

Radiation: Protection shield & X-ray protective strips

Protection shield & protective strips & patient cut-outs

Experimental group

Treatment:

Radiation: Protection shield & protective strips & patient cut-outs