Ultrasound may make emergency catheter placement safer for trauma patients
NCT ID NCT02820909
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether using ultrasound to guide the placement of catheters in the femoral artery and vein (in the groin) reduces complications in severely injured patients in the intensive care unit. The trial involved 136 adults with severe trauma who needed these catheters. Half had them placed using ultrasound guidance, and the other half using the standard anatomical landmark method. The main goal was to see if ultrasound led to fewer complications like bleeding, clots, or catheter problems within one week.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- ultrasound guidance
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that using ultrasound makes placing emergency catheters safer and faster for severely injured patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with 136 patients, so results may not apply to all ICU settings. The benefit of ultrasound is already known for other sites, so the impact may be modest.
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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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136 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2016
- Finished
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Mar 2018
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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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: * Adult * Included in intensive care unit for severe trauma * Need for implementation of femoral arterial and venous catheters in accordance with the practices of the service. * Agreed to participate * Affiliation to national security Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindication to the set-up of vascular access in femoral position (femoral Scarpa wound, aortic dissection) * Local infection * Hypothermia \<32°C * Need for implementation of arterial catheter only * Need for implementation of venous catheter only
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of intensive care unit, Hospital Edouard Herriot- Hospices Civils de Lyon, 5 Place d'Arsonval
Lyon, 69003, France
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