The Role of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound in Appendicitis
Completed · Phase 2
Conditions studied: Acute Appendicitis
In brief
This study seeks to determine the efficacy of Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in improving the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children, when compared to the standard grey-scale ultrasound.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03687502
- Run by
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- People needed
- 37
- Starts
- 2019-01-04
- Expected to finish
- 2022-07-05
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-09-08
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Present to Children's Mercy Adele Hall campus with a clinical concern for acute appendicitis
- Age 8 through 17 years
- seen between Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval date and 12/31/2019
- Seen Monday- Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 pm
- Has had an IV catheter placed as part of their standard of care
You may not qualify if…
- Known cardiac abnormality
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Known sensitivity to sulfur hexafluoride, polyethylene glycol 4000, distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC), dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol sodium (DPPG-Na), or palmitic acid
- Does not had an IV catheter placed
- Unable to roll over
- Unable to assent
- Pregnant
- Lactating
- Received an ultrasound image from a referring facility
Where it is running
- Children's Mercy Kansas City — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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