NCT02190032

Modified Angled Tube vs. Conventional Angled Tube in Double-lumen Endotracheal Tube Intubation

Comparison of Individually Modified Angled Tube and Conventional Angled Tube in Double-lumen Endotracheal Tube Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators are trying to compare the individually modified-angled tube and the conventional-angled tube in ease of double lumen endotracheal tube insertion and the incidence of related postoperative complications.

Detailed description

Inserting a double lumen endotracheal tube is somewhat more difficult than a single lumen tube intubation because of its larger outer diameter and the more rigid feature. Moreover, the airway axes (oral-,pharyngeal-, and laryngotracheal axis) are not always straight under sniffing condition. Therefore, to make easy to insert a double-lumen tube and reduce the tube-related complications, we are trying to compare the individually angle-modified tube and the manufacturer-provided-angled tube.

Conditions

• Intubation, Intratracheal
• Thoracic Surgical Procedures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mallinckrodt endotracheal tube with a modified angle	At sniffing position, the distal tip of a double-lumen tube is located at the patient's cricoid cartilage level and then the tube is bent at the intersection point of oral axis and the pharyngolaryngeal axis with an angle between the two axes.
DEVICE	Mallinckrodt endobronchial tube with a conventional angle	Inserting a manufacturer-provided conventional-angled tube

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2014-07-15
• Last updated: 2015-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea