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TerminatedNCT03160742Updated Oct 9, 2018

Pilot Study of a Non-Invasive Central Venous Pressure Monitoring System in Children

An observational study in Central Venous Pressure, sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 12 Months to 10 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-10-09.

Sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital · Observational

Why this study was terminated
Study device is incorrect size for pediatric patients
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1
Ages
12 Months to 10 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this research study is to determine the feasibility and accuracy of Mespere Life Science non-invasive central venous pressure monitoring system (Mespere VENUS 2000CVP system) in children with congenital heart disease (CHD).

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Central venous pressure (CVP), also known as right atrial pressure (RAp), is a reflection of the right heart filling pressure i.e the preload of the right ventricle. Assessment of the CVP is essential in the management of different clinical situations in children. Invasive CVP monitoring by placement of a CVP catheter either in the internal jugular vein or the subclavian vein is the gold standard way of measuring the CVP both in children and adults. However, placing a CVP catheter in a child can be challenging, time consuming, often requires the child to be sedated and it is not without complications.

Being able to reliably measure the CVP noninvasively would be of great benefit for sick children as it may allow diagnoses to be made quickly and help guide treatment.

The goal of this proposal is to determine the feasibility and accuracy of Mespere Life Science non-invasive central venous pressure monitoring system (Mespere VENUS 2000CVP system) in children with congenital heart disease (CHD).

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Conditions studied

  • Central Venous Pressure
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In context

Lead sponsor

Boston Children's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 598 studies on the registry; 151 are open to participants now.

Of its 31 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 18 (58%) have results posted.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Months to 10 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

30 children ages 12 months to 10.9 years scheduled to undergo a cardiac surgery with central venous pressure catheter monitoring at Boston Children's Hospital.

Inclusion criteria

  • 12 months of age to 10.9 years of age
  • Scheduled to undergo a cardiac surgery with central venous pressure catheter monitoring at Boston Children's Hospital

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • undergo a procedure that does not require a central venous pressure catheter as part of routine monitoring
  • Have a known venous occlusion or any other reason the central venous pressure may be unreliable
  • Allergy to medical grade adhesives or have any pre-existing skin irritation/eczema at the sensor site
  • Emergently scheduled procedures
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
1 participant (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Non-invasive monitoring

    In addition to standard monitoring, the Mespere VENUS 200CVP system will be used to record central venous pressures.

    Device: Mespere VENUS 200CVP system

Interventions

  • DeviceMespere VENUS 200CVP system

    Non-invasive sensor placed on the neck

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Accuracy of Mespere VENUS 2000CVP

    The correlation between the non-invasive measurements from the Mespere VENUS 2000CVP system and the invasive central venous pressure measurements that are continuously collected as standard of care.

    Time frame: The data will be collected for the length of the cardiac surgery, up to 6 hours.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Boston Children's Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 9, 2018, 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
NCT03160742
Lead sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Collaborators
Mespere Lifesciences Inc.
Responsible party
Kirsten Odegard (Cardiac Anesthesiologist, Boston Children's Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 19, 2017
Start date
Apr 25, 2018
Primary completion
Apr 25, 2018
Completion
Sep 14, 2018
Last update
Oct 9, 2018

Study contacts

Kirsten Odegard, MD
principal investigator · Boston Children's Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
Yes
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