# A Real-Time Ultrasound Guided Approach For Spinal Anesthesia

> **NCT01570491** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **The Cleveland Clinic** · enrollment: 38 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Patients Aged 55 or Older
- BMI More Than 40 kg/m2
- Scoliosis

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** ultrasound-guided spinal anesthesia
- **OTHER:** standard spinal anesthesia

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01570491
- **Lead sponsor:** The Cleveland Clinic
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-03
- **Primary completion:** 2016-12
- **Final completion:** 2016-12
- **Target enrollment:** 38 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-26


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01570491

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01570491, "A Real-Time Ultrasound Guided Approach For Spinal Anesthesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01570491. Licensed CC0.

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