NCT01937195

AccuCath™ Intravenous (IV) Device Used by Vascular Access Team (VAT)

A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Comparison Between the AccuCath™ Intravenous Catheter System With Retractable Coiled Tip Guidewire and Conventional Peripheral Intravenous Catheters With a Vascular Access Team

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 95 (actual)
• Sponsor: C. R. Bard · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will test a hypothesis that the AccuCath™ System will have a higher rate of successful first attempt peripheral intravenous (PIV) placement, higher completion of therapy, fewer complications, longer dwell times, and higher user satisfaction compared to Conventional IV Catheters.

Detailed description

Phase One is designed as a one-arm prospective study to compare patients using the AccuCath™ Intravenous Catheter System to the results found in literature. Phase Two is designed as a two-arm prospective randomized controlled study comparing the AccuCath™ Intravenous Catheter System to conventional PIV catheters. This study site will be completing Phase One only.

Conditions

• Vascular Access Complication

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	AccuCath Intravenous Catheter System	AccuCath IV Catheter System will be used for IV therapy during inpatient stay. Intervention includes vascular access, fluid infusion, and blood sample removal. Results will be compared to published literature for conventional IV catheters.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-11-01
• First posted: 2013-09-09
• Last updated: 2017-04-20
• Results posted: 2017-04-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States