Clinical trials: Ultrasound Assessment
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
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
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
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
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
Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure
Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers…
- Conditions
- Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Trial name
- NCT03296280
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Congenital Heart Defects
Use of Color Doppler in Routine Examination of Fetal Heart in Second Trimester
To evaluate the percentage of severe heart defect diagnosed with the use of color Doppler at a routine fetal scan in the second trimester of pregnancy
- Trial name
- NCT01201486
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 6,781 people
- Sponsor
- Helse Stavanger HF
Sickle Cell Disease
Measurement of Cerebral Blood Flow Using Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound in Children With Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects haemoglobin - the molecule in blood cells which carries oxygen. It causes red blood cells to become abnormal crescent (or sickle)- shaped.
- Trial name
- NCT02090881
- Testing
- Ultrasound scan
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Abdominal Pain, Pelvic Pain
POCUS Assessment of Bladder Fullness for Girls Awaiting Radiology-Performed Transabdominal Pelvic Ultrasound
The purpose of this study is to assess the accuracy and utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the bladder compared to patient's sensation of bladder fullness in predicting the ability to successfully perform a…
- Trial name
- NCT02923245
- Testing
- point-of-care ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Lifespan
Soft Tissue Neoplasms
Feasibility of ExAblate MRI Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Tx of Soft Tissue Tumors
The goal of this project is to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of ExAblate magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MRgHIFU) surgery in the treatment of soft tissue tumors of the extremities.
- Trial name
- NCT01965002
- Testing
- MRgHIFU, Aspirin, Enoxaparin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Pejman Ghanouni
Point of Care Ultrasound
Point of Care Ultrasound Use by General Practitioners in France (Echo-MG)
This study explores how Point of Care Ultrasound (POC-US) is used in general practice in France and how it affects the diagnostic process and treatment of patients.
- Trial name
- Echo-MG (NCT04583670)
- Where
- 17 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 655 people
- Sponsor
- Sorbonne University
Anesthesia, Local, Infant Conditions
Accuracy of Manual Palpation vs Ultrasound for Spinal Anesthesia
Although the current standard for lumbar puncture and spinal anesthesia is the use of manual palpation of surface landmarks to identify the correct interspace, performance of the procedure at too high of a level may increase the…
- Trial name
- NCT04757805
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Sepsis, Gastroenteritis
Utility of Ultrasound Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava in Patients With Sepsis and Dehydration
Conduct a randomized, controlled trial looking at how the use of ultrasound analyzing the inferior vena cava impacts the management and outcomes of pediatric emergency department patients undergoing evaluation and treatment of…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Gastroenteritis, Dehydration
- Trial name
- NCT02568189
- Testing
- SonoSite Maxx Series Ultrasound System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 112 people
- Sponsor
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Single Ventricle Heart Disease
Evaluation of Fontan-associated Hepatic Stiffness and the Efficacy of Udenafil in Reducing Liver Stiffness
A study to evaluate the efficacy of MZ101 therapy in reducing liver stiffness.
- Trial name
- FALD (NCT03430583)
- Testing
- Udenafil
- Where
- 17 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Mezzion Pharma Co. Ltd
Necrotizing Enterocolitis of Newborn, Bowel Ischemic
CEUS Evaluation of Bowel Perfusion in Necrotizing Enterocolitis
There is no bedside imaging technique that can quantify dynamic bowel perfusion with high soft tissue contrast and sensitivity in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC).
- Trial name
- NCT03549507
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Urinary Tract Infection, Vesicoureteral Reflux
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound for Evaluation of Reflux Nephropathy
The study will be evaluating the efficacy and safety of a contrast drug in pediatric renal ultrasound.
- Trial name
- NCT02786810
- Testing
- Sulfur hexafluoride type-a lipid microspheres
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Abscess
Emergency Bedside Ultrasound for Pediatric Soft Tissue Infections
The purpose of this study is to determine if soft tissue infections in pediatric patients can be more accurately diagnosed (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT00595881
- Testing
- Bedside emergency ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Echocardiography
GE CVUS Device Evaluation
The purpose of the study is to collect user feedback on the Vivid E95 ultrasound system and probes during clinical procedures on the device's intended population in order to optimize the device.
- Trial name
- NCT05340244
- Testing
- Investigational ultrasound exam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people
- Sponsor
- GE Healthcare
Abdominal Injury
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Abdominal Injuries in Children
This study proposes to evaluate the accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in diagnosing abdominal solid organ injuries in pediatric patients. 146 subjects will be enrolled across approximately 8 sites in the US.
- Trial name
- NCT03147690
- Testing
- Lumason
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people
- Sponsor
- David Mooney