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CompletedNCT01434537VENSCANUpdated Sep 15, 2011

Evaluation of a Touchless Vein Scanner for Venepuncture and Cannulation in Pediatric Patients

An observational study in Venepuncture, sponsored by Charite University, Berlin, Germany. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged Up to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-09-15.

Sponsored by Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
238
Ages
Up to 17 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Evaluation of the AccuVein ® AV 300 vein scanner in clinical routine in a pediatric operation room setting for a 4 weeks period. Assessment of usability, anonymous clinical register of every venepuncture(age, gender, size, weight, punction site, number of attempts, time until successful cannulation, local anaesthesia, general anaesthesia, pain scales: faces pain scale und BPS/BPOS).

Read the detailed description

For application of drugs and liquids a peripheral venous access is necessary in anaesthesiological procedures.The peripheral venepuncture is a painful procedure and induces a higher level of perioperative stress in children.

The punction of peripheral veins in children can be made difficult by the often distinctive amount of subcutaneous fat or other medical conditions.

The AccuVein ® AV300 vein scanner is a contactless, laser-driven device made for facilitate the search for peripheral veins up to a depth of 7mm. This could lead to a minimization of time until successful puncture and smaller number of failures.

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Conditions studied

  • Venepuncture

Keywords

  • pediatric anesthesia
  • venepuncture
  • peripheral venous access
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In context

Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany is the lead sponsor of 836 studies on the registry; 129 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Up to 17 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All patients from 0 to 17 years in a peripoerative setting in the pediatric operation room with need for peripheral venous access.

Inclusion criteria

  • age from 0 to 17 years
  • perioperative indication for peripheral venous access
  • regular work time of the operation room from 7 am to 4 pm

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • age more than 17 years
  • no indication for or already established venous access
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
238 participants (actual)

Groups and cohorts

  • SCAN

    Venepuncture performed with support of the AccuVein 300 vein scanner.

  • NO_SCAN

    Venepuncture without support of the vein scanner.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. time until completion of procedure

    minutes until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

    Time frame: Day 1

Secondary outcomes

  1. number of attempts until completion of procedure

    number of attempts until successful puncture and cannulation of peripheral vein

    Time frame: Day 1

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Study locations

1 site
  • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow-Klinikum and Campus Charité Mitte, Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
    Berlin, 13353, Germany
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References and documents

Publications

  • Rothbart A, Yu P, Muller-Lobeck L, Spies CD, Wernecke KD, Nachtigall I. Peripheral intravenous cannulation with support of infrared laser vein viewing system in a pre-operation setting in pediatric patients. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 21;8:463. doi: 10.1186/s13104-015-1431-2. PubMed 26391665 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 15, 2011, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01434537
Lead sponsor
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Responsible party
Claudia Spies (Prof. , MD Director of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine CVK/CCM, Charite University, Berlin, Germany) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 15, 2011
Start date
Jan 2011
Primary completion
Mar 2011
Completion
Jul 2011
Last update
Sep 15, 2011

Study contacts

Claudia Spies, MD, Prof.
study director · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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