Ultra-portable Ultrasound vs. Standard Ultrasound to Help Place a Peripheral Catheter in Patients at Risk of Difficult Puncture

Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph Saint Luc de Lyon

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: IV Line Placement With Ultrasound

Treatments: Device: Ultra-portable ultrasound; Device: Standard ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06296264

ULTRACATHLON

Details and patient eligibility

About

The placement of an intravenous (IV) line is a common procedure when treating adult patients in critical care, in the emergency room or in the operating room. This simple and minimally invasive procedure can sometimes be made difficult depending on the patient's morphology or their clinical condition. The procedure then becomes time-consuming, anxiety-provoking, painful and its success is uncertain.

The placement of intravenous (IV) lines under ultrasound by nurses is a rapidly developing alternative in intensive care, emergencies and the operating room.

Full description

The main objective is to test the hypothesis that intravenous puncture guided by an ultraportable ultrasound machine is faster than puncture guided by a conventional ultrasound machine.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patient aged at least 18 years old
2. Patient with an A-DIVA (Adult Difficult Intravenous Access) score > 1
3. Supported by a nurse trained in all the techniques used in the protocol
4. Patient having given free, informed and oral consent -

Exclusion criteria

1. Patient who has already been included in the study
2. Patient whose inclusion in the study would lead to a delay in treatment
3. Adult patient protected by law
4. Pregnant woman
5. Patient not benefiting from French Social Security system -

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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250 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard ultrasound

Other group

Description:

Comparator

Treatment:

Device: Standard ultrasound

Ultra-portable ultrasound

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Ultra-portable ultrasound