The Use of the GlideScope Ranger in Pediatric Critical Care Transport

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Respiratory Failure
• Interventions: Device: Direct Laryngoscopy; Device: GlideScope Ranger Intubation

• Registration Number: NCT01054183
• Lead Sponsor: Akron Children's Hospital

Brief Summary

This study seeks to assess the role of the GlideScope Ranger video laryngoscope in facilitating successful neonatal/pediatric intubation by pediatric critical care transport teams. The central hypothesis of this study is that the GlideScope Ranger video laryngoscope reduces the rates of failed intubation attempts by pediatric critical care transport teams. The aims of this project are designed to specifically: (1) Establish competencies for GlideScope Ranger video laryngoscopy-assisted intubation for pediatric and neonatal patients; and (2) Compare the intubation success rates for intubation using GlideScope Ranger video laryngoscopy and using conventional, direct laryngoscopy by pediatric and neonatal critical care transport teams.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-22
• Study Start: 2010-07
• Primary Completion: 2011-11
• Study Completion: 2011-12
• Results First Submitted: 2012-11-28
• Results First Submitted QC: 2015-01-22
• Status Verified: 2015-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-02-04
• Results First Posted: 2015-02-05
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• age < 18 years
• Presence of respiratory failure requiring tracheal intubation by the Critical Care Transport Team either at the referring institution or during the transport to the receiving institution
• Ability of parent or legal guardian to provide written informed consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients 18+ years of age
• Patient has a functioning tracheostomy
• Patient does not require orotracheal intubation

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intubation using direct laryngoscopy	Direct Laryngoscopy	The study site has two critical care transport teams per shift and will, at shift change, assign intubation team B. Team B will do intubations using direct laryngoscopy only that day.
Intubation using GlideScope Ranger	GlideScope Ranger Intubation	The study site has two critical care transport teams per shift and will, at shift change, assign intubation team A to use the GlideScope Ranger for all intubations on that day.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of Participants With Successful 1st Intubation Attempt	30 days	Percent of participants with successful 1st intubation attempt by group (GVL vs. DL)
Overall Successful Intubation Rate: GlideScope Video Laryngoscopy (GVL) vs. Direct Laryngoscopy (DL).	30 days; no long-term outcome measures were included	Overall successful intubation rate defined as all successful intubations (by type) divided by all attempts (by type).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Akron Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Akron, Ohio, United States