Comparison of Conventional GlideScope to Single-Use GlideScope Cobalt for Orotracheal Intubation

Lawson Health Research Institute1 site in 1 country100 target enrollmentApril 2007

ConditionsHealthy

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Healthy
Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute
Enrollment: 100
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Time to intubation (seconds)
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 17 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation will be randomized to being intubated with either the conventional (reusable) GlideScope videolaryngoscope or the single-use GlideScope videolaryngoscope. The primary outcome is time to intubation.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 2007

End Date

August 2008

Last Updated

17 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Lawson Health Research Institute

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Any patient who is ≥ 18 yrs. coming for elective surgery.
•Endotracheal tube 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.
•Any patient with 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.