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General Practitioner-performed Compression Ultrasound for Deep Vein Thrombosis

NCT02114983 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2016-06-01

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Summary

Numerous studies have demonstrated excellent diagnostic accuracy of Compression Ultrasonography (CUS) performed by hospitals doctors, skilled and unskilled in Radiology.

Recently, it was demonstrated that adequately ultrasonography-trained General Practitioners (GP) can perform reliable ultrasound to increase the speed and improve the quality of clinical management of various clinical conditions. To date, in the medical literature there are no studies that demonstrate the diagnostic accuracy of GP in performing CUS for the diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Therefore, we plan to perform a prospective, multicenter, cohort study in which a large number of consecutive outpatients with symptoms or signs of DVT are subject to the CUS by the GP with the aim of evaluating the precision and the diagnostic accuracy compared to specialists in vascular ultrasound, which in this case will be the standard of reference.

Conditions

  • Deep Vein Thrombosis

Interventions

OTHER

compression ultrasonography

CUS in patients with a high pre-test clinical probability of DVT and/or a positive D-dimer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Azienda Sanitaria Locale ASL 6, Livorno

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Nicola Mumoli, MD · Section of Vascular Medicine - Livorno Hospital, Italy

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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