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Ultrasound Guided Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture in Neurology

NCT03815045 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2024-01-31

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Summary

Subjects who are having a lumbar puncture as part of their clinical care will be randomized to either a traditional landmark based lumbar puncture or ultrasound guided lumbar puncture. The primary objective of study is to compare the success rate of obtaining CSF using Ultrasound guided technique against the Traditional Landmark based approach. Secondary objectives are to evaluate factors influencing the success or failure, patient tolerance, and a safety assessment.

Conditions

  • Lumbar Puncture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Landmark-based lumbar puncture

Traditional landmark based lumbar puncture involves palpating spinous processes on the back and finding the inter-spinous space which is the site of needle entry to gain access to the thecal sac. Finding this space may be difficult by palpation, especially when subjects undergoing the procedure are obese, elderly, have had prior back surgery, or if the patient is positioned incorrectly.

PROCEDURE

Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture

Ultrasound guided lumbar puncture is a novel technique being increasingly utilized by emergency physicians, pediatricians and anesthesiologists. In this technique, an ultrasound probe is used to visualize the inter-spinous space. This space can be marked on the skin as the potential point of entry. This could potentially make it easier when patient factors make it difficult to palpate and find the site of entry.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-20
Primary Completion
2023-03-10
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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