Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of Flex-It Stylet to Malleable Stylet for GlideScope Intubation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Lead Sponsor:
London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Collaborating Sponsors:
London Health Sciences Centre
Unity Health Toronto
Conditions:
Intubation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be randomized to one of two different ETT stylets. The primary outcome is time to intubation. The null hypothesis is that t...
Detailed Description
Written informed consent will be obtained by one of the study investigators, and a copy will be given to each participant. Written informed consent will also be obtained from the operator of the Glide...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \* Any adult patient scheduled for elective surgery.
- ETT 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.
- \* Patient with known 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 :
January 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00771628
Start Date
January 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
July 14 2009
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London Health Sciences Center
London, Ontario, Canada