NCT03824288

Ultrasound-Guided Aspiration of PTA vs Conventional Landmark Technique - a RCT

Status unknown NA Last updated 20 August 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Intraoral ultrasound in Peritonsillar Abscess in 88 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

26 November 2018

Primary endpoint
30 August 2019

30 April 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Tobias Todsen
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	diagnostic
Enrollment	88
Start date	26 November 2018
Primary completion	30 August 2019
Estimated completion	30 April 2020
Sites	2 locations across Denmark

Drugs / interventions tested

• Intraoral ultrasound
• The landmark technique

Conditions studied

• Peritonsillar Abscess — all drugs for Peritonsillar Abscess →

Sponsor

Tobias Todsen

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Peritonsillar Abscess. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study is a prospective randomized controlled trial conducted at two different centers at the Department of ORL - Head \& Neck Surgery, Odense University Hospital and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery \& Audiology, Rigshospitalet.

The research question is:

In a group of patients referred to an otolaryngology department with objective findings of peritonsillar abscess, what are the effects of using intraoral ultrasound to diagnose and guide needle aspiration compared to the traditional landmark-based technique, when measured by the number of performed needle aspirations, procedure-related pain and days on sick leave?

The secondary outcomes measured are

* Number of hospitalization days
* Number of Quincy tonsillectomies
* Number of visits to an outpatient clinic
* Patient-reported outcome (measured using an 11-point numeric rating scale)

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Protocol for a randomised clinical trial of transoral ultrasound versus standard of care in the diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess.
   Todsen T, Stage MG, Michaelsen SH, Tolsgaard MG, et al · · 2019 · cited 1× · PMID 31686648