Use of Vein Viewer for Insertion of Peripheral Venous Cannula in Pediatric Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access

Use of Vein Viewer for Insertion of Peripheral Venous Cannula in Pediatric Patients With Difficult Intravenous Access.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00935909

Enrollment

603

Registered

2009-07-09

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2010-07-31

Last updated

2013-06-21

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Conditions

IV Cannulation

Keywords

IV cannulation

Brief summary

The primary purpose of this prospective, randomized trial is successful intravenous (IV) cannulation on first attempt with the use of either the Vein Viewer (VV) or standard cannulation method. The secondary purpose is to find out if there is a difference in the total time to successful cannulation.

Detailed description

A single initial data page will be filled out by one of the study team members present with the IV Team at the time of the cannulation. The data from these forms will be entered by the investigator or research assistant into a database maintained only for this study. There will be two groups in this randomized study. One group will receive IV cannulation with the VV and the second group will receive standard cannulation without the VV. The chance of receiving either treatment is based on randomly generated computer codes, unknown by the IV team. We want to evaluate successful IV cannulation on first attempt as well as the time taken for cannulation. All documents will be de-identified of data that contains HIPAA protected health information (PHI) at the end of the study. We estimate approximate enrollment to be 790 children. The study is expected to last 12 months and will only be conducted at Children's Medical Center Dallas.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients age 0-18 requiring IV cannula (ASA 1-4) with a modified DIVA score ≥ 2 at the time of assessment

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with visible veins will be excluded from the study as well as patients with known difficult IV access which are scheduled for PICC line placement.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Successful IV cannulation on the first attempt	Time of cannulation will be measured from the application of the tourniquet until successful IV cannulation.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Total time to successful IV cannulation	Time of cannulation will be measured from the application of the tourniquet until successful IV cannulation.

Countries

United States

Outcome results