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Placement of Peripheral Venous Catheters Under Echo Guidance in a Post-emergency Medical Service

Placement of Peripheral Venous Catheters Under Echo Guidance in a Post-emergency Medical Service

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04856826
Acronym
KatECHO
Enrollment
276
Registered
2021-04-23
Start date
2021-03-05
Completion date
2026-06-01
Last updated
2023-12-19

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

Conditions

Catheterization, Peripheral, Echography, Hospital Units

Brief summary

Compare the number of attempts to place a peripheral venous catheter in the group of patients hospitalized in the post-emergency unit and benefiting from echo guidance and therapeutic communication, to the group of patients hospitalized on the post-emergency unit using traditional technique.

Interventions

DEVICEultrasound guidance and therapeutic communication

insertion of a peripheral venous catheter with ultrasound guidance and therapeutic communication

Sponsors

University Hospital, Grenoble
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Hospitalized in the post-emergency unit * Requiring the placement of a venous catheter in the post-emergency unit * Affiliation to social security or benefiting from such a scheme * Informed and written consent signed

Exclusion criteria

* Protected person (art. L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the CSP) * Patient included in another interventional study * Patient already included for a first catheter placement in the post-emergency unit.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
successful placement of a venous catheter on the first attemptwithin the hour after insertion of peripheral venous catheterpercentage of successful placement of a venous catheter on the first attempt

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
number of attempts to insert a peripheral venous catheterwithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterAverage in each group of the number of attempts
number of calls for a second nurse in the servicewithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterAverage in each group of the number of service's interveners for a catheter placement
number of calls to a nurse anesthetistwithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterAverage in each group of the number of external interveners
location of the final placement sitewithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterProportion of patients in each group according to the location of the final placement site
patient experiencewithin the hour after insertion of peripheral venous catheternot validated Satisfaction questionnaire and pain scale. score between 0 and 30 corresponding to high satisfaction
infectious or thromboembolic events4 daystotal number of infectious or thromboembolic events at the implantation site during the patient's stay in the post-emergency unit
duration of catheter placementwithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterAverage duration, in minutes, of catheter placement in each group
functional life of the catheter4 daysfunctional life of the catheter, by group.
Satisfaction of nursing staffat the end of study inclusion, at 6 monthnot validated Satisfaction questionnaire for nursing staff in the post-emergency unit . score between 0 and 55 corresponding to a high satisfaction
the caliber of the catheter placedwithin the hour during insertion of peripheral venous catheterProportion of patients in each group according to the caliber of the catheter placed

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactJulie Duhoo
jduhoo@chu-grenoble.fr+33476767094
Backup ContactMelanie Arnaud
marnaud3@chu-grenoble.fr+33476767838

Outcome results

None listed

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