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title: Investigating the Utility of Augmented Reality Assistance for Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access
nct_id: NCT07208071
overall_status: RECRUITING
phase: NA
sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Vascular Access
countries: United States
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# Investigating the Utility of Augmented Reality Assistance for Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Access

**Official Title:** Application of Augmented Reality for Point of Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

**NCT ID:** [NCT07208071](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07208071)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 50
- **Lead Sponsor:** University of Alabama at Birmingham
- **Conditions:** Vascular Access
- **Start Date:** 2026-01-30
- **Completion Date:** 2026-07
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2026-03-10

## Brief Summary

This study will investigate the benefits of augmented reality assistance on ultrasound-guided vascular access. Using the Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset, the investigators will study the benefits of augmented reality technology as a tool for improving the success rate, efficiency, and ease of access for peripheral venous catheters, peripherally inserted central venous catheters, and central venous catheters.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 5 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient requiring ultrasound-guided vascular access

Exclusion Criteria:

* Age less than 5 years old
* Need for urgent vascular access
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## Arms

- **Control Arm** (NO_INTERVENTION) — Providers will not use augmented reality assistance when performing ultrasound-guided vascular access for this arm of the study
- **AR Arm** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Providers will use augmented reality assistance when obtaining ultrasound-guided vascular access

## Interventions

- **Augmented reality headset use** (OTHER) — Use of a Microsoft HoloLens 2 headset with augmented reality assistance

## Primary Outcomes

- **Successful vascular access as indicated by blood return from the blood vessel and advancement of guide wire** _(time frame: Up to 30 minutes)_

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Number of needle sticks required for successful vascular access** _(time frame: Up to 30 minutes)_
- **Time required for successful vascular access** _(time frame: Up to 30 minutes)_

## Locations (1)

- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States — _RECRUITING_

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