Efficacy of an Infrared Visualization Technique for the Identification of the Peripheral Venous Access Site in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Aged 12 Years and Older (MUCOVEINE)
![]() |
The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04226118 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : January 13, 2020
Last Update Posted : July 7, 2022
|
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
Cystic fibrosis is a rare chronic genetic disease that mainly affects the respiratory tract and the digestive system. Their management includes multi-year intravenous antibiotic treatments and repeated venous sampling. The venous access is a source of difficulties that nurses who take care of these patients face on a daily basis. In addition, multiple attempts at punctures can induce anxiety and pain in patients. It is therefore important to limit failures.
Vein visualization technologies exist: guidance echo, portable trans lumination or infrared visualization can guide venipuncture and limit failures.
Compared with the guided echo or the portable trans lumination, the infrared visualization is easy to use and does not pose a risk for the patient. Nevertheless, studies evaluating this technique are few in chronic diseases and mainly conducted in young children.
This study aims to show that the use of a vein illumination system (VIS) should improve the peripheral venous access at the first attempt (thus limiting venous lesions) in adolescent and adult patients with cystic fibrosis, and improve comfort of the patient (pain, apprehension of the gesture).
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
---|---|---|
Cystic Fibrosis | Device: Vein Illumintion System device | Not Applicable |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 271 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Health Services Research |
Official Title: | Efficacy of an Infrared Visualization Technique for the Identification of the Peripheral Venous Access Site in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Aged 12 Years and Older |
Actual Study Start Date : | January 19, 2021 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 12, 2022 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 12, 2022 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
---|---|
No Intervention: Control Group
Patients who have a peripheral venous access by a classic procedure, without using a Vein Illumination System.
|
|
Experimental: Experimental Group
Patients who have a peripheral venous access by a procedure using a Vein Illumination System.
|
Device: Vein Illumintion System device
Spotting veins of a patient by use of a Vein Illumintion System device |
- Proportion of patients for whom peripheral venous access was performed from the first attempt. [ Time Frame: at time of peripheral venous access ]
- Number of attempts to place a peripheral venous line or perform peripheral venous [ Time Frame: at time of peripheral venous access ]
- Average pain score on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) after successful peripheral venous access act. [ Time Frame: at most 10 min after the venous act ]
- Average anxiety score on State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y) [ Time Frame: at most 10 min before the venous act ]
- Proportion of nurses and nursing student satisfied by the use of a vein illumination system [ Time Frame: at the end of the study ( at 14 months) ]

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with cystic fibrosis aged 12 years and over
- Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis has been confirmed by a positive sweat test and/or 1 to 2 genetic mutations
- Patients requiring peripheral venous access (hand, forearm, or more of the elbow) for intravenous infusion with epicranial or short catheter, or for a blood sample
- Patients who have a score of 4 or higher on the A-DIVA scale (self-administered questionnaire completed by the IDE assessing the difficulty of peripheral venous access on a Likert scale from 0 to 8)
- Patients informed in writing of the terms of the study and provided written informed consent to participate (consent of the person in charge of parental authority if the patient is a minor).
- Patients affiliated to a social security system
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient who has already participated in the study
- Patients who have a central venous approach
- Patients who have a venous approach of the midline type
- Patients taken care of for vital emergency
- Patient deprived of liberty or placed under tutorship or curatorship

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04226118
France | |
CRCM mixte de Giens | |
Giens, France, 83406 | |
Hôpital Nord - CRCM adulte Marseille | |
Marseille, France, 13015 | |
Hôpital enfant la Timone - CRCM pédiatrique Marseille | |
Marseille, France, 13385 | |
Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve | |
Montpellier, France, 34090 | |
Hôpital Pasteur - CRCM adulte Nice | |
Nice, France, 06001 | |
Hôpital Lenval - CRCM pédiatrique Nice | |
Nice, France, 06202 |
Responsible Party: | Hospices Civils de Lyon |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04226118 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
69HCL19_0036 |
First Posted: | January 13, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 7, 2022 |
Last Verified: | July 2022 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Cystic Fibrosis Fibrosis Pathologic Processes Pancreatic Diseases Digestive System Diseases |
Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Genetic Diseases, Inborn Infant, Newborn, Diseases |