Central Line Study
ConditionShock
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMontefiore Medical Center
About this trial
Two different techniques for placing a central venous catheter will be compared. The studyu team hypothesizes that clinicians randomized to the peripheral catheter technique will have higher first attempt success rates, fewer procedural complications, and a shorter mean time to procedure completion than physicians assigned to wire through hollow bore needle.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
None
Disqualifiers
Inherited, acquired, or medication related coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia (platelets < 100,000). Patients will not be excluded for use of aspirin or other anti-platelet medication.
Previous central venous access at the same anatomical site.
Any indwelling catheter or wire that could potentially interfere with central line placement
Anterior border of the target vein deeper than 3.5cm
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Central venous catheter insertion
Treatment groups
160 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov