Choice of Tube Extremity in Emission of Lowest Radiation Dose in Pediatric Patients

Radiography Clinical Trial

Official title:

Choice of Tube Extremity in Emission of Lowest Radiation Dose in Pediatric Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02925936
• Other study ID #: 4769/12
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2016
• Last updated: October 4, 2016
• Start date: June 2014
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Compare the radiation in pediatric patients thyroid submitted to chest X-ray using the position of the anode and cathode.

Description:

The study's primary goal was to compare radiation exposure in two different positions during chest x rays in children. It was conducted from June/2014 to July/2015, and included children from 0 to12 years old staying at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre, Brazil, with chest x ray requests during ICU stay. They were randomized to two groups: during the x ray, one group was positioned with the thyroid facing the anode end, and the other group was positioned with the thyroid facing the cathode end.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: July 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Younger than 12 years old

• Admitted to the Paediatric ICU at Instituto de Cardiologia de Porto Alegre

• Chest X ray requested by treating physician

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with scans that failed to comply with the technical criteria from the European Community Commission guidelines on quality criteria for diagnostic radiographic images in paediatrics, as evaluated by the radiologist doctors responsible for that exam report.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Radiation Absorption
• Radiography

Intervention

Other:
• Thyroid facing the anode end of xray machine
Thyroid position: facing the anode end of xray machine
• Thyroid facing the cathode end of xray machine
Thyroid position: facing the cathode end of xray machine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul	Porto Alegre	RS

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dose of radiation used in thyroid gland with Ionization chamber	Assessed using ionization chamber	One month	Yes
Secondary	Dose of radiation used in thorax with spectrometer	Assessed using ionization chamber	One month	Yes
Secondary	Dose of radiation used in gonads with tape to measure	Assessed using ionization chamber	One month	Yes