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Peripheral Venous CatheterizationPERCEPTNCT04853290

Patient Experience in Peripheral Venipuncture With and Without Ultrasound

A study testing Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture and Conventional peripheral venipuncture in people with Peripheral Venous Catheterization and Ultrasonography, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 1 site in Brazil.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Randomized clinical trial to compare the patient's experience after peripheral venipuncture catheterization using the conventional technique (vein visualization and palpation) versus ultrasound-guided venous puncture. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture and Conventional peripheral venipuncture
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
64 participants
Where
1 siteBrazil
Study dates
23 Sep 2021to 30 Nov 2021
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Adults, age = or > 18 years;
  • Admitted to the clinical inpatient units on the hospital where the study will be conducted (HCPA), with indication of peripheral venous puncture;
  • Patients who do not configure emergency care.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who have already received ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture at the current hospitalization;
  • Patients in a critical or unstable clinical condition;
  • Patients admitted to surgical units at HCPA;
  • Patients in coronavirus (COVID-19) care units.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Brazil1 site
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Post Graduated Program

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035003

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About this study

Official title: Patient Experience With Ultrasound-guided Versus Conventional Peripheral Venipuncture: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Randomized clinical trial to compare the patient's experience after peripheral venipuncture catheterization using the conventional technique (vein visualization and palpation) versus ultrasound-guided venous puncture.

Patients with indication of peripheral venous puncture, admitted to the clinical inpatient units on the hospital where the study will be conducted (Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre - HCPA) will be enrolled in this single-center trial and will be randomized to conventional peripheral venipuncture performed by a registered nurse; or ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture performed by a registered nurse with expertise in vascular access.

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Study Protocol

When there is a need of a peripheral venous access for the inpatient, the medical or nursing care team will contact the researchers, informing the personal data of the possible candidate to participate in the study. By fulfilling the eligibility criteria, the patient will be invited and informed about the study proposal; and, if he agrees to participate, he will sign the consent form. The type of procedure to be performed will be randomized through a draw. The procedure options are:

  1. Intervention: ultrasound peripheral venipuncture executed by specialized nurses (vascular access program), or
  2. Control: conventional peripheral venipuncture executed by clinical practice nurses..

Individuals who do not agree to participate in the study will have their data stored on a patient exclusion checklist. In both groups, intervention and control, up to two attempts will be made by the same professional and, if there is no success on the procedure, another professional will be designated for two more attempts. Ultrasound Site Rite 8 or Ultrasound Site Rite 5, which are portable ultrasound devices that include 2D ultrasound imaging in real time, will be used on the Intervention Group (1) procedure.

The peripheral venipuncture procedure for both groups will be performed according to the standard operating procedures recommended by the institution where the study will be conducted (HCPA). The catheters to be used will be the peripheral venous catheters made available by the institution.

If there is a failure of puncture in the Control Group (2), the study participant will follow the institution's routine to adapt an appropriate vascular access, which is the activation of a nurse specialist in vascular access, who can perform peripheral venipuncture guided by ultrasound. In the event of a new insertion failure, the care team (doctor and nurse) discusses the case to define a new approach according to the infusional therapy, considering the protocol for the indication of venous vascular accesses at the institution. Thereafter, the patient can proceed for oral treatment, insertion of a peripherally inserted central catheter, insertion of a short-term central venous catheter, hypodermoclysis, long-term central venous catheter (totally or semi-implanted), according to the decision of the assistant team.

In the case of failure of the puncture in the Intervention Group (1), the study participant will follow the same routine of the institution, as explained above, for the adequacy of an adequate vascular access. However, in this case, the nurse specialist in vascular access will not be contacted, as the intervention procedure already uses ultrasound.

All participants who successfully insert a peripheral venous catheter in both groups will be monitored for the occurrence of any event related to the procedure from the time of insertion of the catheter until the loss of access for any reason, removal of the device at the end of therapy, discharge, death or eight days of follow-up, whichever comes first. Peripheral venous access that remains for more than eight days will be counted as event-free, access survival. Study participants with failed insertion will have the outcome computed in the database and will be followed up for another 48 hours to assess any complications resulting from the puncture attempt.

Being tested
Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture, Conventional peripheral venipuncture
Keywords
Peripheral venous catheterization, Ultrasonography, Pain, Patient satisfaction, Nursing, Clinical trial
Medical subject headings
Pain, Patient Satisfaction

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipunctureDevice

    Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture performed by a proficient vascular access registered nurse. The procedure will be performed according to the standard operational protocol for ultrasound guided peripheral venipuncture instituted at the hospital where the study will be conducted. Site Rite 8 or Site Rite 5 ultrasound machines (Bard Access Systems, Inc., USA) will be used on the procedures.

  • Conventional peripheral venipunctureDevice

    Conventional peripheral venipuncture performed by the registered nurse at the clinical inpatient unit. The procedure will be performed according to the standard operational protocol for peripheral venipuncture protocol instituted in the hospital where the study will be conducted

Study groups in NCT04853290
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention groupExperimentalUltrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture performed by a registered nurse with expertise in vascular access.
Receives: Device: Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture
Control groupActive comparatorConventional peripheral venipuncture performed by a registered nurse from a clinical inpatient unit.
Receives: Device: Conventional peripheral venipuncture

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Patient's experience of pain during the procedure

    Patient's experience of pain during the procedure of peripheral venipuncture, evaluated immediately after the procedure using the 10 cm verbal Numerical Rating Scale (vNRS). The response indicated by the patient regarding the degree of felt pain during the procedure, from 0 to 10, with 10 being the most intense pain, will be computed.

    Measured: up to 5 minutes.

  2. Patient's experience with the method used to obtain venous access (1/2)

    Patient's experience with the method used to obtain venous access, assessed using the Net Promoter Score (NPS), a single metric instrument that quantifies the answers to a single direct research question: "How likely are you to recommend this procedure?". Three categories of respondents are identified and classified as 'promoters' (those who would definitely recommend), 'passive' (who are widely satisfied, but would not recommend) and 'detractors' (who actively discourage others from trying the procedure).

    Measured: up to 5 minutes.

  3. Patient's experience with the method used to obtain venous access (2/2)

    Additionally, it will be assessed the elements: a) patient emotional aspect during the procedure (anxiety, discomfort, importance of the procedure, fear, concern, safety); b) venous catheter insertion site; c) number of venipuncture attempts; d) dressing and device fixation on the skin; e) procedure's time duration; as relevant indicators for the characterization of the procedure as a positive or a negative experience for the patients. Data will be computed using a 10 point Likert scale score, in which 1 point rates the worst experience and 10 points an excellent experience.

    Measured: up to 10 minutes.

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Peripheral intravenous catheter dwell time

    Accesses that remained functional, intact, fixed and without phlogistic signs when the device was inserted into the skin were considered durable.

    Measured: Daily monitoring, until catheter removal

  2. Complications during the vascular access device permanence

    Complications that might occur during the permanence of the vascular access device (phlebitis, obstruction, leakage, infiltration, etc), measured through clinical assessment. In the case of the development of phlebitis, it will be evaluated through the application of the Visual Infusion Phlebitis Scale (from the Infusion Nurses Society), which classifies the lesion up to five degrees, according to the progression and severity of the signs and symptoms.

    Measured: Daily monitoring, up 2 days after catheter removal

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted21 Apr 2021
  2. Study start23 Sep 2021
  3. Primary completion31 Oct 2021
  4. Study completion30 Nov 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
It is a PROBE (Prospective Randomized Open Blinded End Point), parallel, controlled, and single center randomized clinical trial (RCT).
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
64 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04853290
Sponsor's protocol ID
40240920.6.0000.5327
Acronym
PERCEPT
Status last verified
Nov 2022
First submitted
16 Apr 2021
Last updated
2 Nov 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Tada M, Yamada N, Matsumoto T, Takeda C, Furukawa TA, Watanabe N. Ultrasound guidance versus landmark method for peripheral venous cannulation in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Dec 12;12(12):CD013434. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013434.pub2.

    PubMed 36507736

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Ultrasound-guided peripheral venipuncture and Conventional peripheral venipuncture in people with Peripheral Venous Catheterization and Ultrasonography, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 1 site in Brazil.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Nov 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Patient's experience of pain during the procedure (time frame: up to 5 minutes.). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04853290, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Nov 2022.

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