# Antegrade Versus Retrograde IV for Blood Draws

> **NCT03533777** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Iowa** · enrollment: 230 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- There is no Focus on Any Specific Condition

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Peripheral intravenous catheter placement
- **OTHER:** Blood draw
- **DEVICE:** Peripheral intravenous catheter
- **DRUG:** To keep open (TKO) infusion of 0.9% normal saline

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03533777
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Iowa
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-06-22
- **Primary completion:** 2019-06-19
- **Final completion:** 2019-06-19
- **Target enrollment:** 230 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-07-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03533777

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03533777, "Antegrade Versus Retrograde IV for Blood Draws". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03533777. Licensed CC0.

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