Immobilization During Peripheral Venous Catheter Placement

NCT ID: NCT07182994

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 322 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-03-28

Brief Summary

Aim: To determine the most effective type of upper limb immobilization in the cannulation of a peripheral venous line in the pediatric emergency department.

Methods: Randomized clinical trial with 322 patients conducted in a tertiary pediatric emergency. The impact of two types of restraints (immobilization of the elbow joint versus arm restraint, without immobilization of the elbow joint) on the success of the technique was analyzed. Multivariate analysis was used to analyze the impact of other variables (weight, age, movements, pain) on the success of the technique.

Detailed Description

A study will be conducted in a Spanish tertiary hospital to assess the holding technique for peripheral venous catheterization in pediatric patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department. The nursing staff will be responsible for implementing the study protocol, data collection, and subsequent analysis.

Conditions

Pediatrics; Immobilization

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

elbow joint immobilization

Pediatric patients undergo cannulation of a peripheral venous line with immobilization of the elbow joint

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Elbow joint immobilization

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Immobilization of the elbow joint during peripheral venous line cannulation in pediatric patients on the success of the technique

arm restraint without immobilization of the elbow joint

Pediatric patients undergo cannulation of a peripheral venous line with arm restraint, but the elbow joint is not immobilized.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Arm restraint without elbow immobilization

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Use of arm restraint without immobilization of the elbow joint during peripheral venous line cannulation in pediatric patients.

Interventions

Elbow joint immobilization

Immobilization of the elbow joint during peripheral venous line cannulation in pediatric patients on the success of the technique

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Arm restraint without elbow immobilization

Use of arm restraint without immobilization of the elbow joint during peripheral venous line cannulation in pediatric patients.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Pediatric patients at emergency department that need a peripheral venous line

Exclusion Criteria

• Critically ill patient

• Minimum Eligible Age: 1 Day
• Maximum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Hospital Universitario La Paz

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ana Martínez Serrano

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hospital Universitario La Paz

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

Immobilization catheter

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id