NCT02611986

Evaluation of Video Laryngoscopy (Video Macintosh-blade) and Direct Laryngoscopy (EMMA-Study)

Evaluation of Video Laryngoscopy (Video Macintosh-blade) and Direct Laryngoscopy (EMMA-Study): A Prospective, Randomized Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,466 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A randomized controlled prospective study of laryngoscopy and intubation success comparing direct laryngoscopy and the McGrath® Mac videolaryngoscope.

Detailed description

As airway management continues to evolve the investigators do not have an accurate statement of the success of direct laryngoscopy in daily clinical practice. The use of videolaryngoscopy is increasing as a technique for rescue intubation as well as for elective intubation. Current airway management guidelines recommend video-assisted laryngoscopy as a choice for basic airway management. This is a proposed comparison study of a video laryngoscope, use in the daily anesthesia practice, and its likely increased success compared to direct laryngoscopy. An international, multi-center, prospective randomized comparative trial (RCT) is proposed testing the superiority of oral tracheal intubation with the McGrath® MAC versus conventional laryngoscope in adult patients under general anesthesia.

Conditions

• Airway Morbidity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	the McGrath MAC	in a randomised order we evaluate the success rate with the first attempt of the tracheal tube into the trachea.
DEVICE	the Macintosh Laryngoscope	in a randomised order we evaluate the success rate with the first attempt of the tracheal tube into the trachea.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-11
• Primary completion: 2019-05-07
• Completion: 2019-05-14
• First posted: 2015-11-23
• Last updated: 2019-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany