Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT03167190
Ultrasound-Assisted Lumbar Puncture
Ultrasound-localized Landmark Identification in Hospitalized Patients Requiring Lumbar Puncture: Implications for Safety, Quality, and Procedural Success
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 32 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Although the lumbar puncture is a common procedure and has been performed without ultrasound for decades, other research studies suggest that there may be some benefits to using ultrasound. This study intends to see whether by using ultrasound there is increased success rate, decreased need for additional procedures, and less discomfort during the procedure.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Point-of-care ultrasound | A point-of-care ultrasound machine will be utilized to identify and mark midline and the interspinous space based on visualization of spinous processes. |
| PROCEDURE | Traditional Landmark-based Lumbar Puncture | Palpation of anatomical landmarks to identify midline and interspinous space |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-05-25
- Primary completion
- 2018-06-30
- Completion
- 2018-06-30
- First posted
- 2017-05-25
- Last updated
- 2020-01-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03167190. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.