Neuraxial Ultrasound for Thoracic Epidural Placement
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Official title
Evaluation of Ultrasound-Assisted Thoracic Epidural Placement in Patients Undergoing Upper Abdominal and Thoracic Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study
Brief summary
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This blinded, randomized study compares standard palpation to ultrasound-assisted landmark identification of the thoracic spine for thoracic epidural catheterization.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02785055
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 70 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Thoracic Epidural Placement Procedure
- Bupivacaine 0.05% Drug
- Hydromorphone 0.01mg/mL Drug
Procedure · Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Mar 31, 2009
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2014
- Completion
- Jan 31, 2014
- Last update posted
- May 26, 2016
2009 – 2014
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mason Medical Center | Seattle | Washington | 98101 | — |
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- Last update posted May 26, 2016 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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