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Ultrasound for Local Anesthesia

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Research Sponsored by Nationwide Children's Hospital
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Patients less than 1 year of age scheduled for spinal anesthesia for elective lower abdominal, urologic, or lower extremity surgery at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up immediately prior to spinal anesthesia
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether ultrasound can help identify the correct intervertebral space for lumbar puncture.

Eligible Conditions
  • Local Anesthesia
  • Infantile Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~immediately prior to spinal anesthesia
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and immediately prior to spinal anesthesia for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Actual Interspace of Provider's Mark
Intended Interspace
Secondary outcome measures
Level of Conus Medullaris - Sitting
Time to Conduct Ultrasound
Time to Mark

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Spinal anesthesiaExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Infants receiving spinal anesthesia for standard of care procedure
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Ultrasound
2013
Completed Phase 1
~1950

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Nationwide Children's HospitalLead Sponsor
341 Previous Clinical Trials
5,220,453 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Accuracy of Manual Palpation vs Ultrasound for Spinal Anesthesia
Giorgio Veneziano 2021. "Accuracy of Manual Palpation vs Ultrasound for Spinal Anesthesia". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04757805.
~13 spots leftby Apr 2025
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