Remotely guided self-performed lung ultrasound for COVID

Empowering the willing: The feasibility of tele-mentored self-performed pleural ultrasound assessment for the surveillance of lung health

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14491490

Enrollment

Registered

2022-09-10

Start date

2020-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-09-19

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

Conditions

Early COVID 19 pneumonia Infections and Infestations

Interventions

After informed consent, participants will complete an electronic demographic survey and receive a package containing a disinfected hand-held high-frequency linear ultrasound probe (Philips Lumify, Phi

1—Very Hard, 2—Hard, 3—Neutral, 4—Easy, 5—Very Easy. An a-priori planned independent review will be undertaken by three outside lung ultrasound experts, who will rate both the image qu

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adults self-isolating according to public health measures for the purpose of reducing person to person transmission of COVID 19

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-English speaking 2. Illiterate 3. Not willing to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Acquisition of good-quality interpretable images based on the 14-zone method proposed by Soldati for International Standardization of the Use of Lung Ultrasound for Patients with COVID-19 as assessed by the lung ultrasound expert during telementored self-performed lung ultrasound	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. The ability for volunteers to physically reach each anatomic location of a standard recommended COVID lung ultrasound examination as assessed by the lung ultrasound expert during telementored self-performed lung ultrasound 2. Calculated test performance characteristics of standard lung examination protocols recommending a variety of differing anatomic assessment locations measured using the Likert scale generated by the lung ultrasound experts reviewing the telementored self-performed lung ultrasound, and patient self-rated user difficulty scores of a different Likert scale following the examination	—

Measure

Time frame

1. The ability for volunteers to physically reach each anatomic location of a standard recommended COVID lung ultrasound examination as assessed by the lung ultrasound expert during telementored self-performed lung ultrasound 2. Calculated test performance characteristics of standard lung examination protocols recommending a variety of differing anatomic assessment locations measured using the Likert scale generated by the lung ultrasound experts reviewing the telementored self-performed lung ultrasound, and patient self-rated user difficulty scores of a different Likert scale following the examination

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Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026