Far Forward Battlefield Telemedicine: Evaluation of Handheld Ultrasound

NCT ID: NCT00615979

Last Updated: 2017-01-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 120 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2002-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2009-05-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to improve survival of battlefield trauma through ultrasound telemedicine and remotely guided therapeutics.

Detailed Description

Specific aims to meet to improve the survival of battlefield trauma are 1)validation of portable ultrasound for diagnosis of various medical and surgical emergencies, ie cardiac tamponade, intraabdominal hemorrhage, 2)Extension of our expertise in digital echocardiography and local telemedicine to support other centers in such procedures as TEE 3)development of wireless telemedicine systems for rapid relay of ultrasonic images from portable ultrasound system to a remote review station. 4)development of a precision guide for diagnostic and therapeutic percutaneous procedures using ultrasound guidance 5)combining wireless telemetry with the guided percutaneous access tool to permit remotely guided emergency procedures 6)augmenting this work(2D/echo) with 3D/echo.

Conditions

Thoracic Injuries

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Miniature echo machine

Diagnostic capabilities Wireless transfer

Miniature echo machine

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Images captured and real-time and store-and-forward file transfers performed

Interventions

Miniature echo machine

Images captured and real-time and store-and-forward file transfers performed

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-80 yrs old
• Scheduled for clinical echocardiogram

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

United States Department of Defense

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

The Cleveland Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

James Thomas, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Cleveland Clinic

Other Identifiers

DAMD17-02-2-0040

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

5279

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id