Clinical trials: Ultrasonography
Airway Management
Ultrasound Guided Versus Palpation Guided Cricothyrotomy With Poorly Defined Anatomical Landmarks
Inability to provide oxygen to the patient remains the most fearful anesthesia-related mishap. Cricothyrotomy (CT) is an infrequently performed but life saving procedure for an anesthesiologist, who is encountered with this…
- Trial name
- NCT01475487
- Testing
- Utrasound guided cricothyrotomy
- Volunteers
- 47 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux
CeVUS With Intravesical Administration of OPTISON TM (Trademark) in Children
In this clinical trial the investigators aim to evaluate the diagnostic feasibility and safety of ceVUS with the intravesical use of OPTISON for vesicoureteral reflux detection and urethral imaging in children.
- Trial name
- ceVUS (NCT02204917)
- Testing
- OPTISON
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Kassa Darge
Anesthesia, Spinal, Cesarean Section
Ultrasonography Versus Palpation for Spinal Anesthesia in Obese Parturients Undergoing Cesarean Delivery
The study will compare between preprocedural ultrasonography and the conventional palpation technique for spinal anesthesia in obese parturients undergoing elective cesarean delivery
- Conditions
- Anesthesia, Spinal, Cesarean Section, Spinal Ultrasound
- Trial name
- NCT03792191
- Testing
- Lumbar Spinal Ultrasonography, Conventional Landmark Palpation, Spinal Anesthesia
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Uterine Fibroids
ExAblate UF V2 System for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and ablation efficacy of the ExAblate UF V2 System when treating symptomatic uterine fibroids.
- Trial name
- NCT01285960
- Testing
- ExAblate Treatment UF V2
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities
Regadenoson Real Time Perfusion Imaging Trial-Optison
The purpose if this study is to examine how effective Regadenoson is in detecting coronary artery disease during a stress echocardiogram when Optison is administered.
- Trial name
- NCT01489176
- Testing
- Regadenoson; Optison
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Leiomyoma
Magnetic Resonance (MR) Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids
The goal of this study is to develop additional long term data to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of this treatment. Indications for use for this system is: 'The ExAblate is intended to ablate uterine fibroid tissue in pre…
- Trial name
- NCT00131365
- Testing
- ExAblate 2000
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- InSightec
Diabetes, Lipohypertrophy
Ultrasound Detection and Characterization of Subclinical Hypertrophy in Diabetes
This is a pilot study to enroll 100 people to assess the incidence of lipohypertrophy as detected with ultrasound and its impact on glycemic variability.
- Trial name
- NCT02348099
- Testing
- Ultrasound
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Solar Lentigo
Safety and Efficacy of High-Intensity Macrofocused Ultrasound for Solar Lentigo in Chinese Population
This trial is a single-center, prospective study. The study proposes to recruit 20 patients with solar lentigo on both sides of the face.
- Trial name
- NCT06288607
- Testing
- High intensity focused ultrasound (MFUS One, Hunan Peninsula Medical Technology Co., Ltd., China)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University
- Study Focus: Renal Retention of Lipid Microbubbles
Renal Retention of Microbubbles
Flank pain has been reported with ultrasound (US) contrast agents. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is retention of ultrasound contrast agents in the renal microcirculation, which has been described in mice.
- Trial name
- NCT01647464
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Improving Response to Radioembolization Therapy in Patients With Liver Cancer
This phase II trial studies how well perflutren protein-type A microspheres and contrast-enhanced ultrasound work in improving response to radioembolization therapy in patients with liver cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT03199274
- Testing
- Yttrium-90 Microsphere Radioembolization, Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres, Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Coronary Artery Disease, Atherosclerosis
The Lipid-Rich Plaque Study
The purpose of this study is to enhance medical knowledge of the causes of future coronary problems. Many studies in patients who have already experienced a coronary problem point to the danger associated with plaques that are…
- Trial name
- LRP (NCT02033694)
- Testing
- NIRS-IVUS Imaging (TVC Imaging System)
- Where
- 41 sites in United States, Italy and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 1,563 people
- Sponsor
- Infraredx
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
Cataracts
Comparison of Centurion® Vision System With Balanced Tip and the Infiniti® Vision System With the Mini Flared Kelman (MFK) Tip During Cataract Extraction Surgery of Hard Lenses
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the Centurion® Vision System (CVS) used with the 45° Balanced Tip will result in less Cumulative Dissipated Energy (CDE) than the lnfiniti® Vision System (IVS) used with the 45°…
- Trial name
- NCT02502526
- Testing
- Centurion® Vision System, 45° Balanced Tip, Centurion® Vision System, 45° MFK Tip, lnfiniti® Vision System, 45° MFK Tip
- Volunteers
- 231 people
- Sponsor
- Alcon Research
Placenta Praevia, Vaginismus
Transperineal Ultrasound to Assess the Progress of Labour
This is a prospective observational study of transperineal ultrasound between 24-42 weeks gestation and a prospective longitudinal observational study in all term (37-42 weeks) labouring women.
- Trial name
- NCT02430038
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 584 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Breast Cancer
The PIONEER-01 Study of the Imagio Breast Imaging System
This is a prospective controlled multi-center study involving gray scale (B-mode) ultrasound vs OA/US (opto-acoustic and gray scale ultrasound) for the visualization of suspicious masses.
- Trial name
- NCT01943916
- Testing
- Imagio OA/US (US and OA/US), Imagio gray scale ultrasound
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 2,105 people
- Sponsor
- Seno Medical Instruments Inc.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
ACZ885 for the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
This study was designed to assess the safety, tolerability and efficacy of ACZ885 on aneurysmal growth rate in subjects with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).
- Trial name
- AAA (NCT02007252)
- Testing
- ACZ885
- Where
- 9 sites in United States, Denmark and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Traumatic Femur Fracture
Femoral Nerve Block for Femur Fracture Repair in Pediatrics
The purpose of this study is to prospectively compare post-operative pain relief in pediatric patients undergoing traumatic femur fracture repair who have received either a femoral nerve block with a lateral femoral cutaneous…
- Trial name
- NCT01759407
- Testing
- Ropivicaine, Epinephrine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
Osteoarthritis, Shoulder Pain
Platelet-rich Plasma vs. Hyaluronic Acid for Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis
This study seeks to expand the current literature in demonstrating potentially efficacious, conservative treatments in the management of glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) and will compare ultrasound-guided injections of hyaluronic…
- Trial name
- NCT02984228
- Testing
- PRP, Hyaluronic Acid, Ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Ultrasound-guided Internal Jugular Cannulation, Central Venous Access Complications
Comparison of Three Techniques for Ultrasound-guided Internal Jugular Cannulation
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of three ultrasound assistance techniques for internal jugular venous cannulation, in terms of cannulation success and prevention of complications.
- Trial name
- OISO-1 (NCT01966354)
- Testing
- Ultrasound-guided Internal jugular venous approach
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- Mikel Batllori
Concussion, Mild
Sex and Age Ultrasound Response to Differential Jugular Vein Pressure
Clinical trials have suggested that this device is effective in mitigating changes in brain structure and function in athlete populations.
- Trial name
- NCT03017937
- Testing
- Q-collar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati