Clinical trials: Ultrasound Use
Cervix; Pregnancy
Sound Check-Correlation Between Transperineal and Digital Cervical Exam in 3rd Trimester Pregnancy
The primary purpose of this study is to compare the accuracy of the Butterfly iQ pocket ultrasound with the digital cervical examination in the third trimester cervix.
- Trial name
- NCT05260333
- Testing
- Butterfly iQ transperineal ultrasound exam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Labor Pain
Use of Ultrasound Guidance to Assist With Labor Epidural Placement in Patients With a BMI ≥40
Placement of labor epidurals is a very common daily practice in obstetrical anesthesia. Currently, these epidurals are placed based upon palpation of landmarks to determine midline and the correct spinal level for placement.
- Trial name
- NCT02984267
- Testing
- Ultrasound, Palpation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas J. Vernon
Lung Cancer
Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Staging With the Use of Intraoperative Ultrasound
All patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) resection of lung cancer will receive standard therapy including lobectomy or sub-lobar resection and mediastinal lymph node dissection.
- Trial name
- NCT02218242
- Testing
- Intraoperative ultrasound
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Joel Thompson, PhD
Breast Cancer
The Use of a High-frequency Ultrasonic Knife in Breast Cancer Surgery
Background: Lymphatic stasis and seroma formation are common complications of axillary lymphadenectomy in breast cancer surgery.
- Trial name
- UKBC (NCT00996632)
- Testing
- ultrasonic knife (Ultracision®, Ethicon Endo Surgery), conventional diarthermy knife
- Where
- 2 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Trieste
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Diffuse Pontine and Thalamic Gliomas
Non-Invasive Focused Ultrasound (FUS) With Oral Panobinostat in Children With Progressive Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG)
The blood brain barrier (BBB) prevents some drugs from successfully reaching the target tumor. Focused Ultrasound (FUS) using microbubbles and neuro-navigator-controlled sonication is a non-invasive method of temporarily opening…
- Conditions
- Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, Diffuse Pontine and Thalamic Gliomas, Diffuse Midline Glioma, H3 K27M-Mutant
- Trial name
- NCT04804709
- Testing
- Panobinostat 15 MG, Focused Ultrasound with neuro-navigator-controlled sonication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Oxygenation, Manual Ventilation
AMBU Bag Manual Ventilation vs. Transport Ventilator Mechanical Ventilation for Transport
This is a clinical trial to compare the oxygenation and ventilation performance between manual ventilation and mechanical ventilation when transporting cardiac patients to the ICU.
- Conditions
- Oxygenation, Manual Ventilation, Mechanical Ventilation, Point of Care Ultrasound
- Trial name
- NCT06006208
- Testing
- Hamilton C1 ventilator during transport to the ICU
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78 people
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Pneumonia
Diagnostic Use of Lung Ultrasound for Suspected Pneumonia in Nepal
This study is designed to evaluate the use of lung ultrasound compared to chest x-ray to diagnose pneumonia in Nepal. Given the ease, portability, and relative ease of teaching ultrasound, this would be potential technology…
- Trial name
- NCT02949141
- Testing
- Lung Ultrasound, Chest X-ray, Chest Computed Tomography (CT)
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- Patan Academy of Health Sciences
Total Knee Replacement Surgery
Comparison of 3 Techniques for Ultrasound-guided Femoral Nerve Catheter Insertion
This is a randomized study which will compare three femoral nerve catheter insertion techniques. Subjects will be randomized into one of thee groups, Group 1: ultrasound guided femoral nerve catheter using a stimulation needle…
- Trial name
- NCT00927368
- Testing
- ultrasound guidance alone, ultrasound guidance and needle stimulation, ultrasound guidance and catheter stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 453 people
- Sponsor
- The Cleveland Clinic
Gastrostomy
A Single-center, Feasibility Study to Evaluate the Use and Safety of the Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy Technique
This is a single-center, non-randomized, non-blinded feasibility study to evaluate the performance, safety and tolerability of the Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy (PUG) procedure that utilizes a novel device in conjunction…
- Trial name
- NCT03575754
- Testing
- Percutaneous Ultrasound Gastrostomy
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- CoapTech
May-Thurner Syndrome
The Use and Reproducibility of Duplex Ultrasound to Provide Indices of Left Common Iliac Vein Diameter
The goal of this feasibility/pilot study is to investigate whether or not vascular ultrasound can be used to aid the diagnosis of May Thurner Syndrome, in adult patients presenting to the vascular department with unexplained left…
- Trial name
- NCT06180122
- Testing
- Duplex ultrasound
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London