Implementation of Point Of Care UltraSound in the Assessment of Crohn's Disease -The POCUS Study
NCT ID: NCT07157436
Last Updated: 2025-09-05
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
4 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2021-05-26
2021-10-01
Brief Summary
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* Recognise the potential of POCUS for the management of small bowel CD;
* feel that it should be integrated into local services;
* feel that they have the skills/resources to deliver POCUS;
* can establish criteria for the service success of POCUS.
2. Compare the impact of POCUS and MRE on the nature of decision-making of consultant gastroenterologists and their confidence in clinical decision making.
3. Undertake care pathway analyses of POCUS and MRE service for IBD outpatients with small bowel CD.
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Detailed Description
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Objectives:
1. Explore Stakeholder perceptions of anticipated barriers and enablers to POCUS service development and implementation
2. Compare the impact of POCUS and MRE on the nature of decision-making of consultant gastroenterologists and their confidence in clinical decision making.
3. Undertake care pathway analyses of POCUS and MRE service for IBD outpatients with small bowel CD.
Outcome:
To create an implementation toolkit to facilitate widespread POCUS adoption and integration within NHS IBD clinical practice.
1. Qualitative interview study:
Inclusion criteria
* Able to give valid informed consent
* Aged 18 years or over.
* One of the following roles
* NHS Gastroenterology consultant
* NHS IBD Nurse Specialist
* NHS Consultant Radiologist
* NHS business managers working in gastrointestinal services
* Patient under the care of the NHS for small bowel CD. Exclusion criteria
* Unable to communicate clearly in verbal and written English.
2. Clinical Decision-making study Inclusion criteria
* Ability to give informed consent.
* Full time NHS Consultant Gastroenterologist (on GMC specialist register).
* Agreement to comply with the study training requirements, protocol and regulatory/ sponsor stipulations.
* Have access to local Point Of Care UltraSound (POCUS) and Magnetic Resonance Enterography (MRE) services Exclusion criteria
* Unable to access REDCap\* eCRF via NHS servers. \* https://projectredcap.org/software/
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Qualitative interview study
• One of the following roles:
* NHS Gastroenterology consultant
* NHS IBD Nurse Specialist
* NHS Consultant Radiologist
* NHS business managers working in gastrointestinal services
* Patient under the care of the NHS for small bowel CD.
Non-interventional study
observational study. non-interventional
Interventions
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Non-interventional study
observational study. non-interventional
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 18 years or over.
* One of the following roles
* NHS Gastroenterology consultant
* NHS IBD Nurse Specialist
* NHS Consultant Radiologist
* NHS business managers working in gastrointestinal services
* Ability to give informed consent.
* Full time NHS Consultant Gastroenterologist (on GMC specialist register).
* Agreement to comply with the study training requirements, protocol and regulatory/ sponsor stipulations.
Exclusion Criteria
* Unable to access REDCap\* eCRF via NHS servers. \* https://projectredcap.org/software/
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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21GA005
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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