Clinical trials: Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Lung Injury, ARDS
Point-of-care Lung Ultrasound (POCUS)-Integrated Study of Admitted Patients With COVID-19
This study seeks to define the ultrasound profile of patients with COVID-19, and document the progression of these ultrasound findings to develop prognostication and clinical decision instruments that can help guide management of…
- Conditions
- Lung Injury, ARDS, Acute Cardiac Event, Covid19
- Trial name
- PIOS-COVID (NCT05228717)
- Testing
- Point of Care Ultrasound
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- Olive View-UCLA Education & Research Institute
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Ventricular Function, Left
Federated Learning for Point-of-Care Cardiac Ultrasound
This prospective, multicenter study will evaluate a federated machine-learning system designed to analyze focused cardiac point-of-care ultrasound examinations.
- Conditions
- Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, Ventricular Function, Left, Echocardiography, Ultrasonography
- Trial name
- FL-POCUS (NCT07800962)
- Testing
- Focused Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasonography, FL-POCUS Federated Machine-Learning Analysis System
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people
- Sponsor
- Truway Health, Inc.
Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis), Pulmonary Embolism Acute
Repeated Examinations for Typing Pulmonary Embolism
PURPOSE The two related purposes of the RE-TyPE study are: 1. To improve understanding of the early clinical course of intermediate-high risk pulmonary embolism and its association with outcome and 2.
- Conditions
- Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis), Pulmonary Embolism Acute, Pulmonary Embolism With Acute Cor Pulmonale, Pulmonary Embolism With Right Ventricle Enlargement
- Trial name
- RE-TyPE (NCT07491094)
- Where
- 3 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Point-of-care Ultrasonography (POCUS)
Can a Tailored Quality Assurance Program Help General Practitioners Maintain POCUS Scanning Competence? A Cohort Study From Denmark
Testing of a quality assurance program for general practitioners with an online multiple-choice quiz including still-pictures and video sequences of 10 application specific POCUS examinations.
- Trial name
- NCT05625646
- Testing
- quality assurance program
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Emergency Medicine, POCUS
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding an abdominal ultrasound scan to the standard examination helps emergency physicians make a correct diagnosis in adults with acute abdominal pain in the emergency department.
- Conditions
- Emergency Medicine, POCUS, Abdominal Pain (AP), Acute Abdominal Pain
- Trial name
- AbdoPOCUS (NCT07849569)
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound
- Where
- 3 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 508 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Papilledema Associated With Increased Intracranial Pressure
Ocular Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) to Detect Optic Disc Swelling in Comparison to Ophthalmologic Examination
Pediatric emergency department (PED) physicians frequently encounter children with symptoms that warrant evaluation of the optic disc for suspected increased intracranial pressure (ICP) such as headache, blurred vision, recurrent…
- Trial name
- NCT02992262
- Testing
- Point of care ocular ultrasound
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- michal roll
Point-of-care Ultrasound
The Clinical Impact of POCUS Use in General Practice
Being a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation study, this study aims to simultaneous assess the clinical effectiveness of the introduction of point-of-care unltrasound in general practice and to measure the impact of the…
- Trial name
- NCT05523882
- Testing
- point-of-care ultrasound
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University
Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Video-Based Versus Bedside eFAST Training in Final-Year Medical Students
This study compared two methods of teaching the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (eFAST) examination to final-year medical students.
- Conditions
- Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), eFast
- Trial name
- NCT07790497
- Testing
- Standardized Video-Based eFAST Training, Instructor-Led Bedside eFAST Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gorkem Alper Solakoglu
Acute Disease, Sepsis
Acutelines: a Large Data-/Biobank of Acute and Emergency Medicine
Research in acute care faces many challenges, including enrollment challenges, legal limitations in data sharing, limited funding, and lack of singular ownership of the domain of acute care.
- Conditions
- Acute Disease, Sepsis, Pneumonia, Frailty
- Trial name
- Acutelines (NCT04615065)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 35,000 people
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
COVID, Coronavirus Infection
Point Of Care UltraSonography for Risk-stratification of COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 pandemic has developed worldwide in less than 4 months. While most patients have a mild or uncomplicated disease (80%), approximately 15% need hospital care and 5% intensive care.
- Trial name
- POCUSCO (NCT04338100)
- Testing
- Follow-up at 14 days
- Where
- 11 sites in Belgium, France
- Volunteers
- 307 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Angers
Central Venous Catheter, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Central Venous Catheter Placement With Thoracic Ultrasound and Intracavity ECG Positioning
The goal of this interventional study is to assess the feasibility of two bedside techniques for confirming central venous catheter (CVC) placement and detecting complications: Intracavity ECG monitoring to confirm internal…
- Conditions
- Central Venous Catheter, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Intracavitary Electrocardiogram Guiding, Feasibility Studies
- Trial name
- CVC-TIP (NCT07291869)
- Testing
- Intracavity ECG, Thoracic point of care ultrasound
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Aspiration
Routine Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Assessment of Antral Gastric Contents in Traumatic Surgical Patients for Prevention of Aspiration Pneumonitis
Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is uncommon in the elective, surgical populations, but highly prevalent in trauma patients who requires emergency surgery as trauma impair gastric motility and emptying.1 Presence of…
- Trial name
- NCT04083677
- Testing
- SONAR
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load
Training Medical Residents in the Use of the Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) Score for Bedside Volume Assessment.
This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of two training approaches (in-person versus remote) for teaching medical residents to apply the Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS) score for bedside volume assessment in…
- Conditions
- Acute Heart Failure (AHF), Fluid Over-load, Congestion, Congestion, Venous
- Trial name
- NCT07541768
- Testing
- In-person VExUS Training Program, Remote VExUS Training Program, No intervention
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Clinical Competence, Ultrasonography
Remote Guidance for eFAST Training Using a Head-Mounted Device
This study looks at the best way to remotely teach and guide doctors-in-training to perform a bedside ultrasound exam called eFAST (extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma), which is used to quickly check injured…
- Conditions
- Clinical Competence, Ultrasonography, Medical Education, Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Trial name
- Remote-eFAST (NCT07686497)
- Testing
- Standardized instructional eFAST video, Real-time audio remote expert guidance (Microsoft Teams), Head-mounted-device remote expert guidance (Arc 3, RealWear)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Philipp Fürnstahl
Respiration Failure, Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
Dynamic POCUS of Diaphragm Function to Predict Respiratory Failure in Septic Shock
This prospective observational cohort study aims to evaluate the prognostic value of serial bedside ultrasound assessment of diaphragmatic function in adult patients with septic shock.
- Conditions
- Respiration Failure, Diaphragmatic Dysfunction, Mechanical Ventilation, Septic Shock
- Trial name
- POCUS in RF (NCT07820267)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Hyponatremia, Water-Electrolyte Imbalance
Hyponatremia Volume Status Analysis by Point-of-care Ultrasound
This observational study aims to analyze the time of correction of hyponatremia in patients within an internal medicine ward. The researchers will assess volume status using both clinical evaluation and point-of-care ultrasound.
- Trial name
- Vostaus (NCT06013800)
- Testing
- Measurement of sodium levels
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Veracruzana
Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Pocus Triage in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Abdominal Pain
Introduction and Objective: This study aimed to reveal the effect of classical triage and Bedside Focused Ultrasonography (POCUS) in addition to classical triage on diagnosis, treatment, emergency department follow-up and its…
- Conditions
- Abdominal Pain (AP), Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS), Triage
- Trial name
- NCT06887400
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 262 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sakarya University
Cardiac Arrest, Out-Of-Hospital
Feasibility of Doppler Ultrasound for Pulse Detection in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
The goal of this prospective observational study is to investigate the feasibility of using doppler point-of-care ultrasound on the femoral artery with a portable device to assess the presence of a pulse in patients suffering…
- Trial name
- NCT06249893
- Testing
- Point-of-care vascular ultrasound
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 75 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
POCUS Assessment During Ambulatory PAH Clinic
Point of Care Ultrasonography Assessment During Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic
Background: Changes occurring in the pulmonary vascularity imparts changes to the right heart in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
- Trial name
- POCUSPAH (NCT05332847)
- Testing
- POC-US
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Soroka University Medical Center
Bone Fractures, Long Bone Fracture
Diagnostic Accuracy and Operational Efficiency of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in Long Bone Fractures: A Brazilian Multicenter Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and operational efficiency of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) for identifying long bone fractures in the emergency department.
- Trial name
- POCUS-BONE BR (NCT07728227)
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo