Nurse's question could spare patients painful, unneeded IVs
NCT ID NCT07584590
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a nurse asking a doctor why they are ordering an IV line can reduce unnecessary placements. About 1,680 emergency department patients will take part. The goal is to lower patient pain, infection risk, and costs by avoiding IVs that aren't needed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nurse questioning intervention
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could reduce unnecessary IV placements, saving patients pain and lowering infection risks and costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage observational study, not a treatment trial. The intervention is simple questioning, so the impact may be small or hard to measure.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,680 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients assigned a triage score of 3A, 3B, or 4 according to the French triage scale, or 3 or 4 according to the CIMU triage scale, by the triage nurse * Patients with a blood draw order involving the placement of an occluded catheter * Age 18 years or older * Patients who have read and understood the information sheet * Patients who have given their verbal consent to participate in the study * Patients enrolled in a social security program Exclusion Criteria: * Patients admitted to the emergency department with a pre-existing intravenous line * Patients treated by the Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Unit outside the hospital * Patients with a blocked catheter who did not undergo an initial blood draw * Patient with known neurocognitive disorders incompatible with informed consent * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Patient under legal guardianship (guardianship or conservatorship) or patient deprived of liberty * Patient refusing to participate in the study * Patient participating in another interventional research study
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
16 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP HP Pitié Salpétrière
Paris, 75 013, France
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APHP Bichat
Paris, 75 018, France
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APHP CH Simone Veil
Eaubonne, 95 600, France
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APHP Henri Mondor
Créteil, 94 010, France
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APHP Lariboisière
Paris, 75 010, France
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APHP St Antoine
Paris, 76 012, France
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CHRU Nancy
Nancy, 54 000, France
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CHU Amiens
Amiens, 80 000, France
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CHU Angers
Angers, 49 100, France
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CHU Nantes
Nantes, 44 093, France
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CHU de ROUEN
Rouen, 76 031, France
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Ch Dieppe
Dieppe, 76 202, France
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Chu Clermont Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand, 63 000, France
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Chu Toulouse
Toulouse, 31 300, France
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HCL Lyon Sud
Lyon, 69 495, France
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HIA Laveran Marseille
Marseille, 13013, France