Point of Care Echocardiography Versus Chest Radiography for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheter Placement

A Prospective Study to Compare Point of Care Echocardiography Versus Chest Radiography for the Assessment of Central Venous Catheter Placement in Critical Care Environments

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02661607

Enrollment

100

Registered

2016-01-22

Start date

2014-10-31

Completion date

2016-04-30

Last updated

2019-07-23

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Conditions

Central Venous Catheterization, Ultrasound, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care

Brief summary

A prospective study to compare the use of point of care echocardiography versus routine chest radiography for the assessment of central venous catheter placement.

Interventions

PROCEDUREPoint of care echocardiography

Point of echocardiography is performed after routine placement of central venous catheterization and compared with routine chest radiography

DEVICECentral venous catheter placement

Central venous catheter placement is performed as per local guidelines in critically ill patients

PROCEDUREChest radiography

Routine chest radiography is performed after central venous catheter placement in critically ill patients

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients who require central venous catheterization in critical care environments (ICU, IMC) * patients (or legal guardian) who provide written informed consents * patients aged 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

* patients who are unable/unwilling to give informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Adequate placement of the central venous catheter	2 hours	Participants will be followed for the period after the intervention to assess correct placement, an expected average of 2 hours

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time needed for the intervention (bedside echocardiography)	5 Minutes	Time of the procedure will be measured, an expected average of 5 minutes
Performance of residents as assessed by the time needed to perform the echocardiography	5 Minutes	Time needed to perform the echocardiography will be measured with an expected average of 5 minutes
Time needed for chest radiography to be performed	2 hours	Time will be measured after requesting chest radiography via telephone until chest radiographs are available for review, an expected average of 2 hours
Adverse Events	24 hours	Patients will be followed as per local guidelines to detect complications by central venous catheter placement, usual time Frame of 24 hours (e. g. pneumothorax from cvc placement)

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026