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Transducer Selection in the Speed and Quality of Image Acquisition in FAST Exams

NCT04333680 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2022-03-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Focused Assessment of Sonography for Trauma (FAST) is a rapid point-of-care ultrasound exam performed on blunt and penetrating trauma patients who are too critically injured to be transported to a CT scanner. Low-frequency ultrasound is used to image the abdomen and pericardium in these patients, using either a curvilinear transducer or a phased-array transducer. Whether the use of one transducer or the other is better for this application is not well studied. In this study, physician ultrasound operators will perform the FAST exam on healthy non-injured volunteers to determine if the speed or quality of images between the two transducer types is different.

Conditions

  • Diagnostic Abdominal Ultrasonography
  • Trauma Injury

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Focused Assessment of Sonography for Trauma Exam

Speed and image quality of ultrasound exams performed with either transducer specified in the arms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sherwin A Soltani, MD · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-27
Primary Completion
2021-06-03
Completion
2021-06-03
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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