Clinical trial · Interventional
To Investigate the Use of a New Syringe "Visual Pressure Control (VPC)" for Epidural Anesthesia in Children Surgery
Use of Visual Pressure Control (VPC) Syringes for Epidural Space Identification in Pediatric Anesthesia: a Pilot Study
- 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)
Pediatric epidural anesthesia has emerged as a safe and effective regional anesthesia technique for providing intraoperative and postoperative analgesia in thoracic and abdominal surgery. The loss of resistance technique is the gold standard for the placement of the epidural. The VPC (visual pressure control) syringes developed by PAJUNK enable direct visualization of the introduction of the needle into the epidural space.
Conditions
Conditions (7)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal Hernia | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Abdominal Neoplasm | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Abdominal Wall Defect | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Lung Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Thoracic Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Urogenital Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Urologic Neoplasms | Urinary Tract Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPC syringe | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Epidural anesthesia using VPC syringe
- description
- Epidural anesthesia detection using VPC syringe
- interventionNames
- Device: VPC syringe
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- successful detection of the epidural space
- timeFrame
- 24 hours
- description
- The primary objective will be successful detection of the epidural space by visualization of dural displacement upon injection of local anesthetic with real-time ultrasound and/or absence of pain at the incision established by the absence of more than 10% elevation in heart rate.
Secondary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Number of participants with vascular puncture
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 16 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * children aged from 0 to 16y * surgical procedure that can benefit from a lumbar or low thoracic epidural anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * parental refusal * allergy to local anesthetics * coagulation disorders * spine abnormalities
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