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UGIST: Ultrasound Guided Internal Jugular Short-Term Central Venous Catheters Tunneling

NCT00639197 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2008-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if tunneling standard short-term central lines for a short distance under the skin, with the assistance of ultrasound imaging, reduces the risk of central line infections for catheters placed in the neck vein.

Previous work has shown that these lines can be tunneled without ultrasound guidance. We wish to determine if the use of ultrasound makes the tunneling procedure safer and easier.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

To tunnel

Using the standard Seldinger technique and under the guidance of ultrasound, the catheter will pass through a 3-5cm subcutaneous tunnel before it is eventually secured to reside at the internal jugular vein.

PROCEDURE

Standard (not to tunnel)

Using the standard Seldinger technique and under the guidance of ultrasound, the catheter is secured to reside at the internal jugular vein, without a subcutaneous tunnel.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Salah A Taqi, MBChB · McMaster Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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