Clinical trials: Ultrasonography
Surgery
Gastric Ultrasound
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate gastric volume and contents as well as gall bladder size in patients scheduled for routine, urgent, and emergency surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT04127331
- Testing
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Alok Moharir
Biceps Tendonitis, Injection
Prospective Clinical Analysis of Ultrasound-guided Biceps Corticosteroid Injections
Using randomization, prospectively determine superiority of either ultrasound-guided or landmark-guided biceps corticosteroid injections with regard to various clinical variables.
- Trial name
- NCT02591953
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guidance, Landmark-guidance, Methylprednisolone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Sickle Cell Disease
Study to Evaluate the Effect of GBT440 on TCD in Pediatrics With Sickle Cell Disease
This study is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of voxelotor in pediatric participants, aged ≥ 2 to < 15 years old, with Sickle Cell Disease.
- Trial name
- HOPE Kids 2 (NCT04218084)
- Testing
- Voxelotor
- Where
- 35 sites in United States, Egypt and 7 more
- Volunteers
- 236 people
- Sponsor
- Pfizer
Achilles Tendinopathy
Ultrasound-Monitored Changes in Achilles Tendinopathy After Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
This study is designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in which we monitor the effects of low-energy focused extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) in patients with Achilles tendinopathy (AT).
- Trial name
- NCT04780919
- Testing
- BTL-6000 FSWT
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Motol
Dehydration in Children, Dehydration
LifeFlow Fluid Study- Non- Critical Pediatric Patients Having a Trans Abdominal Ultrasound
This is an unblinded, randomized control study examining two fluid delivery modalities for non-critical female patients with a planned transabdominal pelvic ultrasound requiring intravenous fluid boluses.
- Trial name
- NCT03712189
- Testing
- LifeFlow
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Speech Sound Disorder
Correcting Residual Errors With Spectral, Ultrasound, Traditional Speech Therapy
Children with speech sound disorder show diminished accuracy and intelligibility in spoken communication and may thus be perceived as less capable or intelligent than peers, with negative consequences for both socioemotional and…
- Trial name
- C-RESULTS (NCT03737318)
- Testing
- Biofeedback-ultrasound, Biofeedback--visual-acoustic, Traditional articulation treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Pediatric Liver Fat Quantification (LFQ) Phase 2 Pilot Study
This clinical study will involve performing a series of medical imaging procedures of the abdomen using both ultrasound and MRI modalities in subjects at risk for or already diagnosed with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease…
- Trial name
- NCT04800094
- Testing
- Investigational Liver Fat Quantification Software
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Philips Clinical & Medical Affairs Global
Critical Illness
Gastric Ultrasound in Tube Fed Intubated Patients
This study will use point of care (POC) gastric ultrasound to confirm that nasojejunal tube (NJ) feeds result in minimal to no gastric content and therefore are low risk for aspiration and should be allowed at the very least to…
- Trial name
- NCT04612348
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Joseph D. Tobias
Prolonged Labor
Ultrasound Prediction of Prolonged Labour
This observational study is designed to correlate findings on ultrasound with manual palpation, and to consider if delivery outcome can be predicted with help of ultrasound.
- Trial name
- NCT00915148
- Testing
- Ultrasound examination
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 110 people
- Sponsor
- Helse Stavanger HF
Chronic Pancreatitis, Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis
Incorporating Endoscopic Ultrasound and Elastography Towards Improving Outcomes of Pediatric Pancreatitis Management
The main reason for this research study is to find out more about acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis in children.
- Trial name
- NCT06068426
- Testing
- Transabdominal ultrasound Shear wave elastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Vitale MD
Point-of-Care Bladder Ultrasound, Urethral Catheter
BULLET: Bladder Ultrasound Limits Length (of Time), Expedites Treatment
In this study patients presenting to the pediatric ER with abdominal or pelvic complaints will be randomized to urethral bladder catheter or bladder ultrasound to compare time to completion of successful pelvic ultrasound, as…
- Trial name
- BULLET (NCT03860311)
- Testing
- Bladder Ultrasound, Standard of Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ankle Injuries
Investigation of Corticosteroid Versus Placebo Injection in Patients With Syndesmotic Ligament Injury or High Ankle Sprain
This study evaluates the use of corticosteroids acutely as an adjuvant treatment of the high ankle sprain. Subjects will receive either a corticosteroid or a local anesthetic injection.
- Trial name
- NCT02892500
- Testing
- bupivacaine hydrochloride and betamethasone sodium phosphate, bupivacaine hydrochloride
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Sanford Health
Acute Kidney Injury
Guidance of Ultrasound in Intensive Care to Direct Euvolemia
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of routine ultrasound assessments of volume status and fluid responsiveness for goal-directed therapy (GDT)-based fluid resuscitation in reducing acute kidney injury (AKI)…
- Trial name
- GUIDE (NCT03938038)
- Testing
- Serial ultrasound assessments for GDT, Usual care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 415 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Supracondylar Fractures
A Comparison of UGSB and GA to IV Narcotics and GA for Post-Op Pain in Children With Supracondylar Fractures.
This study compares nerve blocks to IV pain medicines in children with broken arms. We are trying to see if blocking the nerves in the broken arm results in better pain control and less side effects than injections of morphine…
- Trial name
- NCT02056288
- Testing
- Fentanyl, Ropivacaine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy, Brain Ischemia Hypoxia
CEUS Evaluation of Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
Neonates presenting with neurologic symptoms require rapid, non-invasive imaging with high spatial resolution and tissue contrast.
- Trial name
- NCT03549520
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Covid19, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C)
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in COVID-19
Initial data from COVID-19 patients suggests that one of the primary causes of death is significant endothelial injury leading to blood clotting and impaired multiorgan microvascular perfusion.
- Trial name
- NCT04640038
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 4 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peripheral Neuropathy, Stage 0 Breast Cancer
Ultrasound in Detecting Taxane-Induced Neuropathy in Patients With Breast Cancer
This pilot clinical trial studies how well ultrasound works in detecting taxane-induced neuropathy in patients with breast cancer.
- Conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy, Stage 0 Breast Cancer, Stage I Breast Cancer, Stage IA Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT03139435
- Testing
- Biopsy, Questionnaire Administration, Ultrasound Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Pneumonia
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Lung Ultrasound Compared to Chest X-ray for Diagnosing Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
The primary objective of this study is to determine if lung ultrasound (LUS) can replace chest x-ray (CXR) when evaluating patients with possible pneumonia.
- Trial name
- NCT01654887
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound, Chest X-Ray
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Chronic Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Ultrasound Method to Measure Fibrosis of the Liver in Children
HYPOTHESIS: The investigators hypothesize that sonoelastography (SE) provide accurate quantitative measurements that can be used to stage liver fibrosis in pediatric patients with chronic liver disease.
- Conditions
- Chronic Liver Disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, HCV Coinfection, HBV
- Trial name
- NCT02086708
- Testing
- Shear Wave sonoelastography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Obesity
A Novel Way to Estimate Epidural Depth in Morbidly Obese Parturient
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between actual epidural needle depth (ND) and the use of ultrasound with an epidural depth equation (EQ-US) to estimate epidural depth (Est-D) in morbidly obese…
- Trial name
- NCT01415232
- Testing
- Sonosite S-Nerve® US system (SonoSite, Bothell,WA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Manuel C. Vallejo