Simulation boosts baby heart scans: study tests new training
NCT ID NCT06442683
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a half-day simulation-based training session helps pediatric residents perform better heart ultrasounds on newborns. Fifty-two residents from three French hospitals were randomly assigned to receive either simulation training plus usual training or usual training alone. Researchers measured their ultrasound skills at 3 and 6 months to see if the simulation group scored higher.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- simulation-based neonatal echocardiography training
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simulation training helps doctors learn heart ultrasound skills for newborns more effectively than traditional methods.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 52 participants. Results may not apply to all training programs, and skill differences may not translate to better patient outcomes.
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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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52 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Oct 2023
- 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * residents at all training levels (from first to fifth year) completing a 6-month residency or at least night shifts in neonatology at one of the 3 French NICUs involved (University Hospitals of Caen, Rouen or Tours) Exclusion Criteria: * Residents who had already received a TTE training (cardiology or cardiopediatrics 6-month residency or postgraduate training in cardiology or echocardiography)
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital of Caen
Caen, France, 14000, France
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University Hospital of Rouen
Rouen, France, 76000, France
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University Hospital of Tours
Tours, France, Tours, France