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Evaluation of Ultra-portable Ultrasound in General Practice

NCT04127149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 166

Last updated 2025-12-19

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Summary

This is an interventional multi-centre study comparing two groups of general practitioners with or without an ultrasound scanner over a period of 6 months. The evaluation focuses on the management of patients for 8 pathologies:

* Pneumonia
* Pleural effusion
* Renal colic
* Hepatic colic or cholecystitis
* Subcutaneous abscess or cyst
* Fracture of long bones
* Intra-uterine pregnancy or extra-uterine pregnancy or miscarriage
* Phlebitis The principal hypothesis is that there are fewer complementary exams in the group of doctors using ultrasound scanners.

The secondary hypotheses are:

* There is better patient orientation (emergency care, specialist consultation, return home) in the group of doctors using the ultrasound scanners.
* The global cost of the care is lower in the group of doctors using the ultrasound.
* Using ultrasound during the consultation decreases the anxiety of the patient.
* Using ultrasound increases the duration of the consultation.
* There is no difference between the predicted and the real orientation of the patients.

Conditions

  • Pneumonia
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Renal Colic
  • Hepatic Colic or Cholecystitis
  • Subcutaneous Abscess or Cyst
  • Fracture of Long Bones
  • Intra-uterine Pregnancy or Extra-uterine Pregnancy or Miscarriage
  • Phlebitis

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Ultrasound scan

The group uses an ultrasound device for the consultation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Francis PELLET, MD · Maison de sante pluridisciplinaire Leopold Ollier Les Vans

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-03
Primary Completion
2021-10-20
Completion
2021-10-20

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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