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Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Puncture for Wounds and Injuries

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up phone call within 72 hours of procedure
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Study Summary

This trial is testing whether using ultrasound to guide a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) is more successful and has fewer complications than the traditional method.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for adults who need a spinal tap (lumbar puncture) and can understand the procedure to give consent. It's not for those with bleeding risks due to medication or disorders, infections at the needle site, or with spinal cord stimulators.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The study compares two ways of doing a lumbar puncture: using ultrasound guidance versus the traditional method based on physical landmarks. The goal is to see which method has a higher success rate in obtaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Potential side effects include discomfort at the puncture site, headache, back pain, and very rarely bleeding or infection. These are common risks associated with any lumbar puncture procedure.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~time taken to run analysis of csf rbc count, approximately within 1 day
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and time taken to run analysis of csf rbc count, approximately within 1 day for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Success rate of obtaining CSF within 3 attempts
Secondary outcome measures
Incidence of traumatic tap
Number of attempts to obtain CSF
Occurrence of post LP headache
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: Ultrasound-guided lumbar punctureActive Control1 Intervention
Ultrasound-guided LP
Group II: Landmark-based lumbar punctureActive Control1 Intervention
Landmark-based LP

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterLead Sponsor
524 Previous Clinical Trials
2,543,301 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Landmark-based lumbar puncture Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT03815045 — N/A
Spinal Tap Research Study Groups: Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture, Landmark-based lumbar puncture
Spinal Tap Clinical Trial 2023: Landmark-based lumbar puncture Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT03815045 — N/A
Landmark-based lumbar puncture 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT03815045 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

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Are there still opportunities to participate in this investigation?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, no additional patients are being accepted for this study which was initially posted on the 20th of July 2017 and most recently updated on the 4th of November 2022. However, there are presently 739 other medical trials that still require participants."

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Recent research and studies
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Ultrasound Guided Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture in Neurology
Vijay Renga 2017. "Ultrasound Guided Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture in Neurology". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03815045.
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