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Trial Comparing Proximal Tibia and Proximal Humerus Infusion Rates Using the NIO Intraosseous Device

An interventional study of NIO in Intraosseous Access and Resuscitation, sponsored by Medical University of Warsaw. Completed at 1 site in Poland. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-03-17.

Sponsored by Medical University of Warsaw · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
84
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The investigators sought to compare the intraosseous access success rates of the proximal tibia and the proximal humerus using new Intraosseous access device "NIO" in an adult cadaver model during simulated resuscitation.

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Conditions studied

  • Intraosseous Access
  • Resuscitation

Keywords

  • intraosseous access
  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • paramedic
  • simulation
  • cadaver
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In context

Lead sponsor

Medical University of Warsaw is the lead sponsor of 316 studies on the registry; 87 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • give voluntary consent to participate in the study
  • paramedics
  • without previous experience in intraosseous devices

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • not meet the above criteria
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
84 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Proximal tibia

    Assumption of intraosseous access into the proximal tibia. Simulation of continous resuscitation was carried out using a system of chest compression LifeLine ARM.

    Device: NIO

  • Experimental
    Proximal humerus

    Assumption of intraosseous access into the proximal humerus. Simulation of continous resuscitation was carried out using a system of chest compression LifeLine ARM.

    Device: NIO

Interventions

  • DeviceNIO

    Intraosseous access device NIO (Defibtech)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Success rate

    Success rate of IO cannulation was defined as successful administration of infusion solutions via the performed IO access. Failure was defined as extravasation or unsuccessful (first) effort of IO insertion.

    Time frame: 1 day

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time of IO insertion

    Procedure time was defined as the duration of picking up the prepared set of IO device from the shelf, preparation of the access set and patients' insertion site including disinfection and draping, insertion procedure of the cannula itself, assembling of the access set and first successful administration of drugs or infusion solutions through the newly established vascular access. The time taken for each infusion attempt was measured offline while reviewing procedures by videotape, and subsequently entered into a computer spreadsheet. Times were measured in seconds.

    Time frame: 1 day

  2. Ease-of-use

    ease-of-use of the NIO in tibia and humerus using a five-point Likert Scale ("the device is easy to use"; 1-strongly disagree, 2-disagree, 3-neither agree nor disagree, 4-agree, 5-strongly agree).

    Time frame: 1 day

  3. first location

    Participants were asked to record their "first location access" tibia or humerus

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Medical University of Warsaw, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Warsaw, Masovia 02-005, Poland
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References and documents

Publications

  • Szarpak L, Truszewski Z, Smereka J, Krajewski P, Fudalej M, Adamczyk P, Czyzewski L. A Randomized Cadaver Study Comparing First-Attempt Success Between Tibial and Humeral Intraosseous Insertions Using NIO Device by Paramedics: A Preliminary Investigation. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 May;95(20):e3724. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003724. PubMed 27196493 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 17, 2016, 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
NCT02700867
Lead sponsor
Medical University of Warsaw
Responsible party
Łukasz Szarpak (Principal Investigator, Medical University of Warsaw) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 7, 2016
Start date
Feb 2016
Primary completion
Mar 2016
Completion
Mar 2016
Last update
Mar 17, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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