Clinical trials: Point-of-care Ultrasound, open to volunteers
Hemorrhagic Shock, Pediatric Trauma
Effect of Resuscitation on Gastric Emptying Using POCUS in Pediatric Trauma Patients
Pediatric trauma often leads to hemorrhagic shock, which reduces blood flow to the digestive tract and delays gastric emptying. This delay can cause fluid and food to remain in the stomach, increasing the risk of pulmonary…
- Conditions
- Hemorrhagic Shock, Pediatric Trauma, Delayed Gastric Emptying, Gastric Dysmotility
- Trial name
- NCT07810907
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Multiple Trauma, Polytrauma
Development and Internal Validation of a Multimodal Prediction Score for Early Hemodynamic Deterioration in Adult Polytrauma Patients
Severe traumatic injury involving multiple body regions (polytrauma) carries a high risk of rapid bleeding, tissue hypoperfusion, and circulatory collapse.
- Conditions
- Multiple Trauma, Polytrauma, Hemodynamic Instability, Traumatic Shock
- Trial name
- NCT07850427
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Point of Care Ultrasound in Pregnant Women (PoCUS-OB)
Pregnant women with gestational age more than 20 weeks are at risk of developing Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). OSA is a common underdiagnosed comorbid condition in pregnant women associated with adverse maternal and fetal…
- Trial name
- NCT06776237
- Testing
- PoCUS
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Anesthesia, Gastric Ultrasound
Gastric Emptying Time in Traumatic Injuries
The investigators plan to do serial sonographic examinations of the gastric antrum (quantity, quality) to estimate the gastric emptying time and dependant factors after traumatic injurys.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Gastric Ultrasound, Sonography, Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Trial name
- NCT06643325
- Testing
- Gastric ultrasound
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Kantonsspital Winterthur KSW
Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema, Acute Respiratory Failure
Acute DYSPnea in the Emergency Department: Diagnostic Value of Point-of-care UltraSound
Acute dyspnea is a common reason for emergency department (ED) admission and is frequently caused by acute heart failure with pulmonary edema.
- Conditions
- Hydrostatic Pulmonary Edema, Acute Respiratory Failure, Dyspnea
- Trial name
- DYSP-ED-US (NCT07324980)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro
Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Embolism Registry From Short-Term Emergency to Long-Term Follow-Up and Surveillance
PERSEUS is an academic, investigator-initiated, multicenter observational registry of adults with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), promoted by Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (Florence, Italy).
- Conditions
- Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Ventricular Dysfunction, Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
- Trial name
- PERSEUS (NCT07855679)
- Testing
- Routine clinical care (no study intervention)
- Where
- 16 sites in Italy, Poland and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Systematic Machine Learning Algorithm for Rapid Thrombosis Detection
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the use of a machine learning-based algorithm and point-of-care D-dimer to laboratory D-dimer and compression ultrasound to exclude deep vein thrombosis in the under extremities in…
- Trial name
- DVT-SMART (NCT06842446)
- Testing
- POC D-dimer, POC ultrasound, Machine learning model
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Ostfold Hospital Trust
Rattlesnake Bite (Diagnosis)
Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Assessment of Snake Bite
Early identification of tissue injury from a rattlesnake bite is critical to prevent complications and reduce health care costs.
- Trial name
- NCT04188899
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Skull Fractures
Skull Fractures in Pediatric Emergency Department: the Ultrasound Protocol
The aim of this clinical trial is to compare musculoskeletal ultrasound with the reference standard diagnostic test (cranial CT scan) in patients with minor head trauma associated with scalp hematoma and suspected skull fracture.
- Trial name
- SPEED-UP (NCT07636902)
- Testing
- Skull ultrasound
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Airway Management, Point of Care
Upper Airway Ultrasound Evaluation
Current guidelines support the use of predictive clinical tests in the evaluation of difficult airway, meaning either difficult bag and mask ventilation, conventional laryngoscopy and/or endotracheal intubation.
- Conditions
- Airway Management, Point of Care, Ultrasound
- Trial name
- NCT06701253
- Testing
- point of care ultrasound
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ioannina
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Point-of-care Ultrasound Utility in the Free Clinic Setting
The goal of this observational study is to learn about the clinical utility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in patients receiving care in a free clinic or street medicine setting in Indianapolis.
- Trial name
- NCT07556341
- Testing
- Point of care ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn Disease
Intestinal Ultrasound Guided Management in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This randomized controlled trial evaluates whether adding point-of-care intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to standard of care changes clinical management in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Crohn Disease, Colitis, Ulcerative
- Trial name
- NCT07775352
- Testing
- Intestinal ultrasound (IUS), Standard of care
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 137 people
- Sponsor
- Mahidol University
Cholecystitis, Acute, Biliary Diseases
Repeat Biliary Point of Care Ultrasound for Detecting Early Acute Cholecystitis
The goal of this interventional, prospective study is to determine the clinical utility of a repeat point-of-care ultrasound of the gallbladder in adult emergency department patients with abdominal pain for which initial imaging…
- Trial name
- NCT07792200
- Testing
- Repeat biliary point of care ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people
- Sponsor
- WellSpan Health
Breast Cancer
Tablet-based Mobile Health Ultrasound for Point-of-care Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Nigeria
The purpose of this study is to train Nigerian radiologists to perform ultrasound-guided breast biopsies on women that present to the hospital with a suspicious breast mass.
- Trial name
- NCT04501419
- Testing
- US-guided breast biopsy, Ultrasound-guided breast biopsy training program
- Where
- Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Accidental Falls, Aged
Whole-Body Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Older Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department After a Fall
Falls are one of the most common reasons older adults visit the emergency department. In many older patients, a fall that looks "mechanical" is actually caused by an underlying medical problem such as syncope, heart disease…
- Conditions
- Accidental Falls, Aged, Syncope
- Trial name
- NCT07886164
- Testing
- Whole-body point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli City Hospital
Neonates, Infants Aged 0 Days to 12 Months Scheduled for Elective Surgery
Upper Airway Ultrasound to Predict Difficult Laryngoscopy in Neonates and Infants
Upper airway ultrasound (UA-US) has been utilized in adults to predict difficult laryngoscopy (Cormick-Lehane view 3 or 4) and difficult tracheal intubation (DTI) (≥3 intubation attempts) and with moderate-to-high sensitivity and…
- Trial name
- NCT07444528
- Testing
- Upper airway ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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
Hemophilia
3D Ultrasound in Hemophilic Ankles
The study examines whether a mechanical arm ultrasound system provides diagnostic accuracy comparable to expert-performed full ultrasound for detecting key joint components and whether it can reduce acquisition variability…
- Trial name
- NCT07452575
- Testing
- Mechanical Ultrasound
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 11 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Heart Failure
Accelerating Access and Improving Imaging in Heart Failure Care (A2I2HF) Pilot Study
This is a prospective, multicenter, cluster randomised trial which will assess the feasibility and acceptability of AI-assisted point of care echocardiography on HF detection and downstream care processes for patients with…
- Trial name
- NCT07624565
- Testing
- AI-assisted point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Septic Shock
POCUS-Guided Esmolol in Septic Shock: A Pilot RCT
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to determine if conducting a larger study using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to guide beta-blocker therapy in patients with septic shock is feasible.
- Trial name
- Epic-Beta (NCT07313605)
- Testing
- Esmolol
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- John Basmaji