A Comparison of Tracheal Intubation Using the Totaltrack vs the Airtraq Laryngoscope in Difficult Airway Management

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• Conditions: Endotracheal Intubation
• Interventions: Device: Orotracheal intubation with Totaltrack; Device: Orotracheal intubation with Airtraq

• Registration Number: NCT02395406
• Lead Sponsor: Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos

Brief Summary

Endotracheal intubation is usually required to allow unrestricted surgical approach. The Macintosh laryngoscope is the standard method. However in certain situations as difficult airway this technique is ineffective and poorly tolerated by the patient. Fiberoptic intubation is the gold standard in this scenario, however sometimes it is not possible due to failure or unavailability, so alternatives are needed. The TotalTrack (MedComflow SA, Barcelona, Spain) and the Airtraq (Prodol Meditec, Vizcaya, España) been designed specifically for the airway management. However, despite their use in clinical practice, there are no comparative studies.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-17
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-23
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Study Start: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-18
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-19
• Primary Completion: 2017-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients undergoing elective general anesthesia requiring OTI.
• Patients duly informed and they have signed the informed consent during the pre-anesthetic consultation, or be sought after due meditation, expressing its consent to the inclusion in the study.
• Age ≥18 years.
• ASA I-III.
• Sufficient intellectual capacity to understand the procedure and equipment used.
• Predictors of difficult airway (Mallampati class III or IV; thyromental distance <6 cm, sternomental distance <12.5 cm, interincisal distance<4.0 cm, bite test II or III, cervical mobility <90 ° or history of difficult intubation).
• Thyroid surgery or present pharyngolaryngeal, glottic or cervical pathology
• BMI >30kg / m2
• Not presenting risk factors for aspiration
• Not presenting respiratory disease, coronary or cerebral vascular.
• Do not have a preoperative sore throat

Exclusion Criteria

• Failure to meet the above criteria
• Pregnancy
• Allergy to any drug included in the protocol.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Totaltrack	Orotracheal intubation with Totaltrack	OTI with Totaltrack
Airtraq	Orotracheal intubation with Airtraq	OTI with Airtraq

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Total time of successful intubation	Time of Orotracheal intubation (TOTI)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complications	OTI and postintubation (24 hours)
difficulty in intubation (IDS Scale)	TOTI
percentage of glottic opening (POGO Score)	TOTI
Degree of satisfaction	time of postintubation (ten minutes)	Visual Analogic Scale
Number of attempts of endotracheal intubation	TOTI
Position taken by the anesthesiologist during orotracheal intubation	TOTI
hemodynamic response	TOTI pre and postintubation (ten minutes	Arterial Pressure
endotracheal intubation success rate of each device	TOTI
number of maneuvers	TOTI

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Manuel Ángel Gómez-Ríos; 🇪🇸 Coruña, Galicia, Spain