Ultrasound may make ICU breathing tube insertion safer
NCT ID NCT01502657
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using ultrasound to guide a breathing tube placed through the neck (tracheostomy) is safe and practical in the ICU. Forty adult patients who needed this procedure took part. The goal was to see if ultrasound could help avoid problems like bleeding, injury to nearby structures, or incorrect tube placement.
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 device
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could make a common ICU procedure safer by reducing complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early feasibility study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all patients or settings.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Sep 2010
- Finished
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Dec 2011
- 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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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 hospitalized in ICU in whom percutaneous tracheostomy is indicated, * patients aged \> 18 years old, Exclusion Criteria: * age less than 18 years, * clotting disorder, * infection at the puncture site, * emergency tracheostomy
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens
Amiens, Somme, 80000, France
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