Insertion of PICC With Intracavitary ECG Navigation

PICC Insertion With the Use of IC ECG Navigation to Confirm the PICC Tip Location Compare to Chest X-ray

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04444479

Enrollment

450

Registered

2020-06-23

Start date

2020-06-10

Completion date

2023-04-30

Last updated

2023-09-11

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Conditions

Long-term Venous Access

Keywords

peripherally inserted central catheter, ECG navigation, chest x-ray, PICC tip navigation, catheter tip location, intracavitary ECG

Brief summary

The study subjects who are indicated for peripherally inserted central (PICC) catheter placement will undergo this procedure under the control of ECG, the correct position of the PICC catheter tip will be subsequently verified X-ray imaging.

Detailed description

The study subjects who are indicated for PICC catheter placement will undergo this procedure under the control of electrocardiography (ECG), the correct position of the PICC catheter tip will be subsequently verified X-ray imaging. Conducting this study should allow us to see the feasibility of using real-time ECG navigation, its accuracy comparing to the chest X-ray method. ´ The second goal is to eliminate chest X-ray as an obsolete method, Also the advantages and disadvantages of both methods will be assessed.

Interventions

OTHERECG verification

The correct positioning of the PICC catheter tip will be verified using ECG.

OTHERX-ray verification

The correct positioning of the PICC catheter tip will be verified using X-ray imaging.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Masking description

No masking will be used in the study

Intervention model description

The study subjects enrolled in the study will be assigned to one study group. No randomization is performed.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* indication for establishing long-term venous access * 18 years of age and over

Exclusion criteria

* oncological patients * non-signing the informed consent form

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time interval between ECG and X-ray	2 hours	The time elapsed between performing the ECG examination and the X-ray examination will be measured in minutes.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Success-rate of correct PICC tip location	2 hours	The success-rate of correct PICC tip location will be determined using ECG navigation against the use of chest X-ray, and expressed as distance in centimetres from the target point.

Countries

Czechia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026