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PneumoniaNCT02781363

Can the Thoracic Replace the Conventional Radiography for the Diagnosis of Acute Pneumonia in Children?

A study testing Thoracic ultrasound and CXR in people with Pneumonia, run by Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya at 1 site in Spain.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

Official record
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Trial summary

The Thoracic ultrasound is a safer and sensitive technique than conventional radiography because it detects less than 1 cm pneumonic consolidations and minimal pleural effusions. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 months to 14 years
Conditions the study is for
Pneumonia
What is being tested?
Thoracic ultrasound and CXR
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteSpain
Study dates
1 Jan 2016to 1 Jun 2016
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 3 months to 14 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • fever above 38 degrees
  • tachypnea
  • Difficulty breathing
  • Side tip pain
  • pathological auscultation

Who cannot join

  • < 3 months> 14 years
  • Background of Prematurity
  • Rewalizados imaging studies in the last 7 days
  • Any chronic respiratory process
  • congenital heart diseases
  • hemodynamic instability
  • Diagnosis of pneumonia in the last 3 months
  • Refusal of relatives to participate in the study

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Spain1 site
  • Hospital UNiversitari General de Catalunya

    Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, 08195

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About this study

The Thoracic ultrasound is a safer and sensitive technique than conventional radiography because it detects less than 1 cm pneumonic consolidations and minimal pleural effusions. The main objective is to evaluate the efficacy of thoracic ultrasound performed by unskilled personnel in the emergency service prdiatricas to diagnose pneumonia in children.

Read the detailed description

Diagnostic test evaluation.The sample collected sequentially until an exact size . Given the safety of the technique, which involves no risk to patient management and the possibility of generating a type II error by premature study discontinuation , we have no plans to make any interim analyzes .

Conditions
Pneumonia
Being tested
Thoracic ultrasound, CXR
Keywords
thoracic ultrasound, children, efficacy, emergency service
Medical subject headings
Pneumonia

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Thoracic ultrasoundOther

  • CXROther

Study groups in NCT02781363
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Candidates patients chest X-ray with pneumoniaOtherthoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h
Receives: Other: Thoracic ultrasound; Other: CXR
Candidates patients chest X-ray without pneumoniaOtherthoracic sonography CXR Clinical control 48h
Receives: Other: Thoracic ultrasound; Other: CXR

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. coincidence between the ultrasound image and conventional radiography

    images compatible with pneumonic consolidations in sonography and radiography . Coincidence between evaluators

    Measured: 1 day

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. additional workload

    Time (minutes) between the test requested and the results are obtained for both diagnostic tests

    Measured: 1 day

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 May 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start1 Jan 2016
  3. Primary completion30 Apr 2016
  4. Study completion1 Jun 2016

Why it stopped: The principal investigator left the center in 2016.

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02781363
Sponsor's protocol ID
2015/51-PED-HGC
Status last verified
Aug 2022
First submitted
18 May 2016
Last updated
11 Aug 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Thoracic ultrasound and CXR in people with Pneumonia, run by Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya at 1 site in Spain.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Aug 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

coincidence between the ultrasound image and conventional radiography (time frame: 1 day). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Aug 2022.

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