Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy of the echOpen Device to Detect Pyelocaliceal Dilation and Hepatic Steatosis

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Collaborating Sponsors:

ECHOPEN

EIT Health

Conditions:

Hepatic Steatosis

Fatty Liver

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In recent years, portable and ultra-portable ultrasound devices are increasingly used by the non radiologists, notably cardiologists or obstetrician gynecologist, at the patient's bedside to visualize...

Detailed Description

The echOpen device includes an ultrasound probe and a mobile application. The mechanical probe emits at three ultrasound frequencies, 3.5 Mhz, 5.0 Mhz and 7.5 Mhz, which allows the exploration of the ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult patient (age ≥ 18 years old)
  • Patient having signed the informed consent to participate in this clinical investigation
  • Patient affiliated to the social security scheme
  • Patient arriving in the hospital clinical ward (own initiative or by emergency services) whose clinical symptomatology suggests the presence of pathological elements which would be visible using an ultrasound probe in the following cases:
  • Search for pyelocaliceal dilation: patient consulting for abdominal and/or lumbar pain and/or iliac fossa, fever, pain in the right or left iliac fossa, anuresis
  • Search for hepatic steatosis: in a case of global clinical examination, abnormal laboratory test results, known or suspected metabolic disease, any situation suggesting the presence of hepatic steatosis

Exclusion

  • Minor patient (age \< 18 years)
  • Patients under the State Medical Assistance (AME)
  • Obese patient (body mass index \> 29.9)
  • Patient in too serious condition for the clinical examination to be done fully and/or with additional exploratory time
  • Unstable patient: need for immediate care, impossibility to carry out a thorough clinical examination including interview, palpation, auscultation, percussion
  • Known allergy to ultrasound gel

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 21 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 17 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05280145

Start Date

August 21 2022

End Date

November 17 2023

Last Update

August 26 2024

Active Locations (4)

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1

Avicenne Hospital - APHP- Hepatology Department

Bobigny, France, 93140

2

Groupe Hospitalier Sud Ile de France (GHSIF) - Emergency Department

Melun, France, 77000

3

APHP COCHIN HOSPITAL - Emergency Department

Paris, France, 75014

4

Paul Brousse Hospital - APHP - Hepatobiliary Center

Villejuif, France, 94800