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NCT03547076
Handheld Ultrasound at Remote Locations
NA trial testing Focused ultrasound diagnostics in Heart Failure in 170 participants. Completed in 30 June 2020.
30 June 2020
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | sequential |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | diagnostic |
| Enrollment | 170 |
| Start date | 6 June 2018 |
| Primary completion | 30 June 2020 |
| Estimated completion | 30 June 2020 |
| Sites | 1 location across Norway |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Focused ultrasound diagnostics
Conditions studied
- Heart Failure — all drugs for Heart Failure →
Sponsor
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF — full company profile →
Who can join
Adults 18 to 100, any sex, with Heart Failure. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Heart failure causes a large patient and financial burden on the health care system. Pocket ultrasound imaging devices are utilized to improve time to correct diagnosis. Telemedicine is used in a variety of medical professions today. A combination of focused handheld ultrasound imaging performed by general practitioners and dedicated nurses in a heart failure population, utilizing telemedicine for support, has not yet been studied. The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility, reliability and clinical influence of implementing handheld focused cardiac ultrasound by general practitioners and nurses for diagnostics and health-related expenditure in outpatients referred with suspected heart failure.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Real-time automatic quantification of left ventricular function by hand-held ultrasound devices in patients with suspected heart failure: a feasibility study of a diagnostic test with data from general practitioners, nurses and cardiologists.
Hjorth-Hansen AK, Magelssen MI, Andersen GN, Graven T, et al · · 2022 · cited 11× · PMID 36229153 · DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063793 -
The importance of patient characteristics, operators, and image quality for the accuracy of heart failure diagnosis by general practitioners using handheld ultrasound devices.
Magelssen MI, Hjorth-Hansen AK, Andersen GN, Graven T, et al · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 39045176 · DOI 10.1093/ehjimp/qyad047
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03547076 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
- Last refreshed: 9 November 2021
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