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NCT06333106
PoCUS Diagnostic Accuracy for Fecal Impaction in the Emergency Department: A Prospective Study
NA trial testing POCUS diagnostic value in Fecal Impaction of Colon in 247 participants. Completed in 3 March 2025.
3 March 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | na |
| Design | single group |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | diagnostic |
| Enrollment | 247 |
| Start date | 2 May 2024 |
| Primary completion | 3 March 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 3 March 2025 |
| Sites | 6 locations across Belgium |
Drugs / interventions tested
- POCUS diagnostic value
Conditions studied
- Fecal Impaction of Colon — all drugs for Fecal Impaction of Colon →
Sponsor
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain — full company profile →
Who can join
Adults 75 to 130, any sex, with Fecal Impaction of Colon. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Many medical and paramedical specialties regularly use point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in clinical practice. The diagnosis of fecal impaction is quite common in the elderly living in nursing homes with a prevalence of 47.3%. Fecal impaction remains a major source of morbidity, while its etiology is often multifactorial and its diagnosis challenging. Current recommendations for the diagnosis of fecal impaction support the use of plain abdominal x-rays. PoCUS is a non-irradiating procedure and a clinical diagnostic tool that can be used in a variety of ways during abdominal examinations. Most scientific societies encourage the use of PoCUS to respond to a specific clinical question rather than to provide a diagnosis, which is usually confirmed by conventional ultrasound. However, the combination of physical examination and PoCUS may improve the diagnostic approach. This multicentric prospective study protocol aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of PoCUS in patients aged 75 years or older with suspected fecal impaction in the emergency department compared with plain abdominal x-ray (or abdominal CT scan if required as part of the emergency department investigations).
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Point-of-care ultrasound diagnostic accuracy for fecal impaction in the emergency department: a prospective study.
Dupriez F, Tollet J, Nely H, Steenebruggen F, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41182496 · DOI 10.1007/s11739-025-04150-8
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06333106 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Last refreshed: 4 June 2025
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