Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Conventional GlideScope to Single-Use GlideScope Cobalt for Orotracheal Intubation
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation will be randomized to being intubated with either the conventional (reusable) GlideScope videolaryngoscope or the single-use G...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Any patient who is ≥ 18 yrs. coming for elective surgery.
- Endotracheal tube is indicated for the procedure in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- Any operator who has performed ≥ 10 GlideScope intubations.
Exclusion
- Any patient in whom the use of the GlideScope is contraindicated in the opinion of the attending anesthesiologist.
- Any patient with cervical spine abnormalities.
- Any patients with known or probable difficult airways (this rare occurrence is unlikely to be evenly distributed between the groups and could skew the data).
- Any patient requiring rapid sequence induction.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00459797
Start Date
April 1 2007
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
April 21 2009
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London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A5A5