Comparison of GlideScope-Specific Rigid Stylet to Standard Malleable Stylet for GlideScope Intubation by Novice Operators

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Airway

• Registration Number: NCT00884754
• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute

Brief Summary

Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring tracheal intubation will be randomized to one of two different endotracheal tube (ETT) stylets. The intubation will be done with a GlideScope videolaryngoscope by a novice operator. The primary outcome is time to intubation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-03
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2009-11
• Study Completion: 2009-11
• Status Verified: 2010-12
• Results First Submitted: 2010-12-13
• Results First Submitted QC: 2010-12-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-12-13
• Results First Posted: 2011-01-11
• Last Update Posted: 2011-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 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 Criteria

• 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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to Intubation (Seconds)	30-150 seconds (anticipated)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

London Health Sciences Centre; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada