Baby, Infant and Toddler Transillumination Study

Does transillumination of veins in children under three improve success rates of intravenous insertion?: a randomised controlled trial.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000039583

Acronym

BITTS

Enrollment

196

Registered

2006-01-25

Start date

2006-02-27

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

One group will have a transilluminator device that will be allowed to be switched on. The other group will start the same but then not be able to switch on the light. Either group may discard the device if they feel it is not helpful at this stage (e.g. they cannot find veins with or without the device,they feel the device is getting in the way). Duration of intervention is the duration the child is in the treatment room having the IV attempts (less than 30 minutes usually).

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 3 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Requires an intravenous luer and is less than age three

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results