Trials / Terminated
TerminatedNCT04053452
Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Peripheral Nerve Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Pilot Study
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 20 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Duke University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if peripheral nerve ultrasound can be used as a supplemental tool to diagnose Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in the acute setting and aid in prognostication.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Peripheral nerve ultrasound | Ultrasound of the bilateral ulnar nerves, median nerves, vagus nerves, and C6 and C7 nerve roots will be performed. |
| DIAGNOSTIC_TEST | Measurement of strength | Strength will be assessed by physical examination and recorded using Medical Research Council (MRC) scale, and a hand dynamometer will be used to measure grip strength. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-09-30
- Primary completion
- 2023-07-04
- Completion
- 2024-02-05
- First posted
- 2019-08-12
- Last updated
- 2025-05-09
- Results posted
- 2025-05-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Regulatory
- FDA-regulated device study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04053452. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.