Time to Access and vascular complications after venous access using standard of care needle vs. ultrasound needle in electrophysiological ablation procedures

Time to Access and vascular complications after venous access using standard of care needle vs. ultrasound needle in electrophysiological ablation procedures - EP-Puncture

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00038053

Enrollment

1200

Registered

2025-10-06

Start date

2025-10-17

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

I47.1

Interventions

Group 1: Use of the standard puncture needle set for ultrasound-guided puncture of the femoral vein for access during interventional cardiac ablation treatment Group 2: Use of a special puncture needl

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients capable of giving consent after providing written consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: lack of capacity to consent, or withdrawal of consent to participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Occurrence of groin complications by means of clinical examination of the groin puncture site on the first post-interventional day; if abnormalities are found, duplex ultrasound of the groin - hematoma - aneurysm - AV-fistula	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
-Time to successful venous access (Skin penetration until insertion of all necessary sheaths) measured in seconds while groin puncture - postinterventional groin pain (numeric rating scale) on the first post-interventional day	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactDaniel Steven

Universitätsklinik Köln

daniel.steven@uk-koeln.de+4922147836967

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 10, 2026