NCT06955884

Patient Experience of Transoral Versus Transnasal Awake Tracheal Intubation

Patient Experience of Transoral Versus Transnasal Awake Tracheal Intubation With Flexible Bronchoscopy - an Observational Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 198 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Airway management problems are key drivers for anesthesia-related adverse events. Awake tracheal intubation using flexible bronchoscopy and preserved spontaneous breathing (ATI:FB) is a recommended technique to manage difficult tracheal intubation in anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine. ATI:FB is regarded as the gold standard of tracheal intubation in many scenarios, however there is insufficient data on the patients experience while undergoing this form of airway management. ATI:FB can be facilitated using either a transnasal or transoral route. The study aims to compare patient-centred and operator-focused outcome parameters between these two different approaches with a focus on patient discomfort.

Conditions

• Airway Management
• Fiberoptic Guided Intubation
• Patient Experience

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-30
• Primary completion: 2025-11-30
• Completion: 2025-12-15
• First posted: 2025-05-02
• Last updated: 2025-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany