NCT01215695

Video-laryngoscope With a Novel Video-stylet for Difficult Intubation

Feasibility of a Combined Use of a Video-laryngoscope With a Novel Video-stylet for Predicted Difficult Intubation

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 140 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Louisville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

We propose to enroll 140 subjects scheduled for elective or urgent/emergent surgery with general anesthesia including endotracheal intubation. Patients qualify for the trial if they are considered a difficult airway case as determined by measurement of common predictive indices for difficult intubation (see inclusion criteria). All patients will be intubated with a GVL. Patients will be randomly assigned to either having their ETT placed with use of a pre-formed stylet provided by the manufacturer of the GVL (control group) or with a flexible, disposable tracheoscope (aScope, Ambu, Denmark) (intervention group). The randomization will be stratified as to whether patients are categorized as predicted difficult airway or have an immobilized cervical spine (C-collar in place).

Conditions

• Difficult Endotracheal Intubation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	aScope (Ambu Inc. 6740 Baymeadow Drive Glen Burnie, MD)	The aScope is a flexible, disposable plastic tracheoscope that incorporates a high-resolution video camera with an LED light at its flexible tip and has attached monitor.
DEVICE	Control	pre-formed stylet provided by the manufacturer of the GlideScope® video laryngoscope

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-08-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2013-12-01
• First posted: 2010-10-06
• Last updated: 2017-09-08
• Results posted: 2017-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States