CVCs Versus Midline Catheters

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Conditions studied: Central Venous Catheter, Midline Catheter, Complication of Catheter

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if midline catheters can reduce adverse patient outcomes in adult patients requiring a single vasopressor. The main questions the study aims to answer are: * Do midline catheters reduce the rates of catheter-related bloodstream infections as compared to central venous catheters? * Do midline catheters reduce the rates of deep venous thrombosis as compared to central venous catheters? Researchers will compare midline catheters to central venous catheters to see if there is a reduction in these events. Participants will be randomized to the midline catheter group or the central venous catheter group. The catheters will be part of standard of care for vasopressor therapy. The participants will be followed for 30 days.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06884176

Run by

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

People needed

100

Starts

2026-06-01

Expected to finish

2027-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients over 18 years of age being treated in the Emergency Department at Jacobi Medical Center
• Have an upper extremity (left or right arm) that can accept a midline catheter
• Able to provide consent (patient or health care proxy)
• Clinical team believes the patient will require inpatient admission at the time of needing intravenous access
• Requires a central line or midline catheter as an expected requirement of care
• Patients requiring a single vasopressor due to hypotension

You may not qualify if…

• Patients in cardiac arrest (prior to achieving ROSC)
• Patients with infection or burns at both upper extremities
• Patient expected to be discharged from the hospital within 24 hours
• Prisoner
• Pregnancy
• Children less than 18 years of age
• The patient is known or is suspected to be allergic to materials contained in the device
• Patients known to have bacteremia
• Patients with existing central venous catheter
• Patients without the ability to consent (or no health care proxy to consent)

Where it is running

• Jacobi Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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