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Clinical Trials/NCT03967769
NCT03967769UnknownNot Applicable

Apneic Oxygénation by Nasal Canula During Infants Airway Management Study

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand1 site in 1 country72 target enrollmentStarted: August 5, 2019Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Sponsor
Enrollment
72
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Time between apnoea and issues

Study Overview

Brief Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial investigating the utility of apneic oxygenation via high flow nasal cannulae during airway management for infants general anaesthesia. Three groups will be compared, a control group at 0 L/min, a 0,2L/Kg/min and a 1L/Kg/min group. The primary outcome will be the time (in seconds) between onset of apnea and one of theses end-points : desaturation (SPO2 <95%) or Airway management completed.

Detailed Description

Airway management can be a life saving therapy. One major complication that may occur during airway management is a lack of oxygen in the blood, especially in peadiatric population, due to anatomical and physiological considerations. If severe or prolonged, this lack of oxygen can result in permanent brain damage, damage to other vital organs or even death. Pre-oxygenation prior to induction of anaesthesia is standard practice to prevent desaturation and hypoxemia. Apnoeic oxygenation in adults is effective and prolongs the time to desaturation. Apneic oxygenation is a novel method of delivering oxygen to a patient despite a lack of active respiration (i.e. the patient is not breathing on their own and the investigators are not providing the patient an artificial breath). The simplest and least invasive method to provide apneic oxygenation is the application of oxygen through nasal cannula during airway management. The effectiveness of apnoeic oxygenation in the adult is well document, especially in bariatric population or ICU, however only few study are interesting about pediatric population. Recent studies suggest that high flow is similar to low flow oxygenotherapy. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of apnoeic oxygenation during airway management in infants.

This is a randomized clinical trial investigating the utility of apneic oxygenation via high flow nasal cannula during airway management for infant's general anesthesia. Three groups will be compared, a control group at 0 L/min, a 0,2L/Kg/min and a 1L/Kg/min group. The primary outcome will be the time (in seconds) between onset of apnea and one of these end-points : desaturation (SPO2 <95%) or Airway management completed.

All infants included will receive french actual standard of care concerning general anesthesia and peri-operative medicine.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)

Masking Description

At each participating center, patients will be followed up for primary and secondary endpoints by members of the research staff who will be unaware of the trial group allocation. Information on whether the primary and secondary outcomes occur will be collected and entered into the electronic web-based case report form (eCRF) by trial or clinical trained personal (clinical research associate), blinded to the allocation group, under the supervision of the local principal investigator (PI) or designee who will also be unaware of the trial group allocation.

Finally, the independent trial statistician and the members of the data monitoring and safety committee (DMSC) will also remain blinded for the allocation during analysis.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
— to 24 Months (Child)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Infants Between 0 (post-conceptionnal age >41 weeks post Amenorrhea) and 24 months of life
  • Scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia
  • Need of orotracheal Intubation by direct laryngoscopy or Video-laryngoscopy

Exclusion Criteria

  • Emergency surgery
  • Crush Induction needed
  • High clinical risk of difficult airway management
  • Premature before 1 month of life

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Time between apnoea and issues

Time Frame: Start at the onset of Apnoea

Time, in seconds, between the onset of Apnoea (No EtCO2 on the capnogram) and one of these two Issues : * SpO2\< 95% * Airway Management Completed (Orotracheal intubation completed and 3 similar capnograms on the respirator)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Minimal SpO2 during the procedure (%)(Between Onset of apnoea and airway management completed)
  • Time to SpO2 = 90% (in seconds)(During Airway Management, after Apnoea Onset)
  • Numbers of Laryngoscopy attempts (n)(During Airway management)
  • Need to Face Mask Reventilating (Yes/No)(During Airway management)
  • Area under SpO2 curve(During Airway management)
  • Respiratory Events (Incidence and type)(During Airway management)

Investigators

Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor

Study Sites (1)

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