Clinical trial · Interventional
Evaluation of Ultra-portable Ultrasound in General Practice
Pragmatic Evaluation of Ultra-portable Ultrasound for a List of Indications in General Practice
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is an interventional multi-centre study comparing two groups of general practitioners with or without an ultrasound scanner over a period of 6 months. The evaluation focuses on the management of patients for 8 pathologies: * Pneumonia * Pleural effusion * Renal colic * Hepatic colic or cholecystitis * Subcutaneous abscess or cyst * Fracture of long bones * Intra-uterine pregnancy or extra-uterine pregnancy or miscarriage * Phlebitis The principal hypothesis is that there are fewer complementary exams in the group of doctors using ultrasound scanners. The secondary hypotheses are: * There is better patient orientation (emergency care, specialist consultation, return home) in the group of doctors using the ultrasound scanners. * The global cost of the care is lower in the group of doctors using the ultrasound. * Using ultrasound during the consultation decreases the anxiety of the patient. * Using ultrasound increases the duration of the consultation. * There is no difference between the predicted and the real orientation of the patients.
Conditions
Conditions (8)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture of Long Bones | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Hepatic Colic or Cholecystitis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Intra-uterine Pregnancy or Extra-uterine Pregnancy or Miscarriage | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Phlebitis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pleural Effusion | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pneumonia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Renal Colic | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Subcutaneous Abscess or Cyst | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultrasound scan | Diagnostic Test | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Group with ultrasound
- description
- The first group consists of nine general practitioners having received a brief training on the use of ultrasound scanners in general practice. The general practitioner includes all adult patients who are consulting for one of the 8 medical conditions studied and perform an ultrasound scan. Two weeks later, he/she calls each patient to collect the necessary data.
- interventionNames
- Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound scan
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Group without ultrasound
- description
- The second group consists of nine general practitioners. Each physician includes all adult patients who are consulting for one of the 8 medical conditions studied and performs a standard consultation. Two weeks later, he/she calls each patient to collect the necessary data.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Number of complementary exams
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * patients age 18 and over * consulting their general practitioner for one of the 8 conditions below Exclusion Criteria: * patients who have already received an imagery exam for the acute episode justifying the consult * opposition to participate
References
Publications (1)
- RESULTDasse-Hartaut J, Couture S. Pragmatic evaluation of handheld point-of-care ultrasound in general practice. MD thesis. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1; 2021. Thesis supervisor: Dr Francis Pellet.