Airtraq Versus Conventional Laryngoscopy in Children
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01212536 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: September 30, 2010
Last Update Posted
: December 15, 2011
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Children General Anesthesia Intubation | Device: Airtraq laryngoscopy | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 60 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Official Title: | Randomised Controlled Trial of the Airtraq Optical Laryngoscope and Conventional Laryngoscopy in Children |
Study Start Date : | August 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2011 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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No Intervention: Conventional
conventional laryngoscopy for intubation
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Experimental: Airtraq
laryngoscopy with Airtraq for intubation
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Device: Airtraq laryngoscopy
laryngoscopy and intubation
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- time taken to successful intubation [ Time Frame: 30 mins ]The primary outcome measure will be time taken to successful intubation. This will be recorded by a second operator using a handheld stopwatch or wall clock with second hand. Time will commence when the intubation device is handed to the anaesthetist, and stopped after the first successful inflation of the lungs (first upstroke of capnography trace).
- Grade of laryngoscopy [ Time Frame: 30 mins ]
- POGO score [ Time Frame: 30 mins ]
- VAS ease of intubation [ Time Frame: 30 mins ]
- evidence of traumatic intubation [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | up to 6 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All children less than 6 years of age, in whom a size 2.5 - 5.5 tracheal tube would be considered suitable.
- Classified by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) as grade 1-3.
- Scheduled for surgery under general anaesthesia, and in whom tracheal intubation and neuromuscular blocking drugs are planned to be used.
Exclusion Criteria:
- inability of patient or parents to understand the study or consent process
- known or suspected difficult airway
- ASA 4 and above

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01212536
United Kingdom | |
Bristol Childrens hospital | |
Bristol, United Kingdom, BS2 8BJ |
Responsible Party: | Michelle White, Consultant in Paediatric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01212536 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CH/2009/3387 |
First Posted: | September 30, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 15, 2011 |
Last Verified: | December 2011 |
Keywords provided by Michelle White, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust:
children intubation laryngoscope |