Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Anthony WR Kelsall
ORCID ID
Contact details
Box No 226
Neonatal Unit
Rosie Maternity Hospital
Robinson Way
Cambridge
CB2 2QQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 217675
wilf.kelsall@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0544129358
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To see whether a lumbar puncture performed with knowledge of spinal canal depth taken from a previously constructed normogram will result in a reduced incidence of failed or bloodstained taps when compared with an LP performed conventionally.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Diagnostic
Patient information sheet
Condition
Neonatal Diseases: Lumbar puncture
Intervention
1. Lumbar puncture performed in standard way
2. Lumbar puncture performed with prior knowledge of spinal canal depth
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
18/07/2003
Overall trial end date
17/07/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Neonate
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
18/07/2003
Recruitment end date
17/07/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Box No 226
Cambridge
CB2 2QQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Cambridge Consortium - Addenbrookes (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2009 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19544246
Publication citations
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Results
Murray MJ, Arthurs OJ, Hills MH, Kelsall W, A randomized study to validate a midspinal canal depth nomogram in neonates., Am J Perinatol, 2009, 26, 10, 733-738, doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1223286.