Identifying Local Signs at the Catheter Insertion Site With Artificial Intelligence (DeepCath)

Outcome Rea

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Catheter Infection

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Photographs collection phase

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05440396

DeepCath

Details and patient eligibility

About

Deepcath is the first step to the introduction of artificial intelligence in catheter care. A better use of visualisation of catheter exit site should be used not only by the HCWs but also by the patients and their family.

A deep learning system able to detect visual abnormalities of the catheter exit site will be an helpful tools to develop a continuous follow-up of intravascular catheters.

Enrollment: 1,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients over 18 years of age Patients with one or more implanted central venous, midline, piCCline, arterial, or peripheral catheters.

Patient and/or trusted person and/or family who have verbally stated their non-objection to the study Patient affiliated or beneficiary of a social security plan

Exclusion criteria

Patients presenting a peripheral identification sign close to the catheter insertion point cannot be masked when the photograph is taken. Thus, jewelry, clothing, tattoos, scars, and birthmarks are identifying features.

Patients whose catheter insertion point is not visible.

Trial design

1,000 participants in 1 patient group

Patient

Description:

Patients will be recruited independently in each of the centers participating in the study, according to the specific organization of each service (hospital and home). Patients will be selected based on the study inclusion/non-inclusion criteria. The included patients will receive oral information about the study. The informed consent will be obtained before any investigation. Each photograph will focus on the intravascular catheter. The investigators will respect the main non-inclusion criterion: not to show any peripheral identification sign close to the insertion point of the catheter that cannot be masked when the photograph is taken. In this context, jewellery, clothing, tattoos, scars, and birthmarks represent identifying features. Individual access accounts with secure, randomly generated passwords will be provided to investigators. The photographs will be anonymous, and any identification of the person concerned will be impossible.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Photographs collection phase