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Agitated Saline, Albumin, or Propofol-albumin Mixture for Enhanced Contrast in TEE Examinations

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02613052

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Official title

The Use of Agitated Saline, Albumin, or a Propofol-albumin Mixture for Enhanced Contrast in Bubble Studies During Transesophageal Echocardiographic Examinations

Brief summary

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This is a prospective, randomized, controlled study to determine if albumin and propofol or albumin only will provide superior qualitative contrast enhancement during TEE bubble studies compared to agitated saline. Each patient will receive three randomized bubble studies (agitated saline, albumin, and albumin and propofol) using 10 ml of agitated contrast agent. The albumin and propofol mixture will consist of 7 mL of 5% albumin plus 3 mL of propofol (10 mg/mL). Each patient will undergo qualitative review of all 3 bubble studies by 10 different anesthesiologists and/or cardiologists credentialed to read echocardiographic studies at the time of the surgical procedure, and also with retrospective review of the echo video (\~200 studies). A bicaval view will be obtained to record a 20 beat loop for each bubble study. Hemodynamic variables prior to injection of contrast agent; and 30 seconds, 1 minute and 2 minutes after injection will be monitored and recorded.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02613052
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
17 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2015
Primary completion
May 31, 2017
Completion
Aug 31, 2017
Last update posted
Sep 24, 2019

2016 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center La Jolla California 92037

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