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Hand-carried ultrasound for Ultrasound

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Research Sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 year
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a hand-carried ultrasound can accurately rule out dilation of the renal collecting system on ultrasound (hydronephrosis) in patients with acute or subacute kidney dysfunction.

Eligible Conditions
  • Ultrasound
  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Hydronephrosis

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Absence of hydronephrosis
Secondary outcome measures
Direct costs of hand-carried ultrasound
Other outcome measures
Technical difficulty of the ultrasound study
Ultrasound image quality

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Hand-carried ultrasound armExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This is the only arm of the study. It will be comprised of 154 inpatients who had a renal ultrasound ordered or performed within the past 4 hours. The intervention will be performing hand-carried ultrasound to evaluate for presence and degree of hydronephrosis.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Washington University School of MedicineLead Sponsor
1,936 Previous Clinical Trials
2,299,520 Total Patients Enrolled

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Hand-carried Ultrasound to Assess Hydronephrosis
2019. "Hand-carried Ultrasound to Assess Hydronephrosis". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03774719.
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