NCT01917253

Standard Length Catheters vs Long Catheters in Peripheral Vein Cannulation.

Standard Length Catheters vs Long Catheters in Peripheral Vein Cannulation. A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial to Test the Complications.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (estimated)
• Sponsor: ASL TO2 Torino · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Long and Short is a prospective, randomized, controlled, open label trial to test the complications of different device for peripheral vein cannulation, standard length (about 5 cm in length) and long catheter (about 12 cm in length), inserted with Seldinger technique.

Detailed description

The trial will compare the main complications: infiltration rate, phlebitis rate, occlusion and/or dislocation rate, thrombosis rate, number of percutaneous sticks, successful cannulation. Will be made for a cost analysis.

Conditions

• Complications

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Standard Device for peripheral vein cannulation
DEVICE	Long Catheters for peripheral vein cannulation

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2013-08-06
• Last updated: 2013-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy