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Checklists and Upright Positioning in Endotracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Patients (Check-UP) Trial

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
Respiratory Failure
Interventions
Procedure: Head of Bed Up
Procedure: Written Checklist
Registration Number
NCT02497729
Lead Sponsor
Vanderbilt University
Brief Summary

The use of a written, pre-procedure checklist and positioning the patient with the head of the bed elevated have been proposed as interventions capable of preventing complications during non-elective intubation and are used intermittently in routine care -- however neither have been examined in a prospective trial.

Detailed Description

Endotracheal intubation is common in the care of critically ill patients. Procedural complications including hypoxia and hypotension are frequent in urgent and emergent intubation and associated with an increased risk of death. The use of a written, pre-procedure checklist and positioning the patient with the head of the bed elevated have been proposed as interventions capable of preventing complications during non-elective intubation and are used intermittently in routine care -- however neither have been examined in a prospective trial. The investigators propose a randomized trial comparing use of a written checklist versus no written checklist and ramped versus sniffing position for endotracheal intubation of critically ill adults.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
260
Inclusion Criteria

Airway management events will be included in which:

  1. Patient is admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)
  2. Planned procedure is endotracheal intubation
  3. Planned operator is a Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) fellow
  4. Administration of sedation and/or neuromuscular blockade is planned
  5. Age ≥ 18 years old
Exclusion Criteria

Airway management events will be excluded in which:

  1. Operator feels specific patient positioning during intubation is required
  2. Urgency of intubation precludes safe performance of study procedures
  3. Operator feels an alternative pre-procedure checklist or no checklist is required

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Head of Bed Up, No ChecklistHead of Bed UpPatient with the head of bed up and without the use of a checklist
Sniffing Position, ChecklistWritten ChecklistPatient in the sniffing position with the use of a written checklist
Head of Bed Up, ChecklistHead of Bed UpPatient with the head of bed up and with the use of a checklist
Head of Bed Up, ChecklistWritten ChecklistPatient with the head of bed up and with the use of a checklist
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lowest Systolic Blood Pressure (Checklist intervention only)Time of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Lowest non-invasively or invasively measured systolic blood pressure between medication administration and 2 minutes following successful placement of an endotracheal tube (in checklist comparison only)

Lowest Arterial Oxygen Saturation (Both positioning and Checklist interventions)Time of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Lowest non-invasively measured arterial oxygen saturation between the time of induction or neuromuscular blockade and two minutes after completion of the airway management procedure

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Grade of First Glottic ViewTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Cormack-Lehane grade of view on first intubation attempt

First Pass SuccessTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Placement of an endotracheal tube in the trachea after the first insertion of the laryngoscope into the oral cavity without the use of any other devices

Number of Intubation AttemptsTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Number of attempts required for successful tube placement

Repositioning PatientTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Incidence of repositioning patient after procedure initiation

Incidence of HypoxemiaTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Defined by lowest oxygen saturation less than 90% and severe hypoxemia as defined by lowest oxygen saturation less than 80%

Malposition of Endotracheal TubeTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Incidence of post-intubation tube malposition on Chest X-Ray (CXR)

Change in SaturationTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Change in oxygen saturation from baseline to lowest oxygen saturation

Non-hypoxic complicationsTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Incidence of non-oxygenation complications - composite of all other recorded complications

Time to IntubationTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Time (in minutes) from pushing of induction meds to successful placement of endotracheal tube

In-Hospital MortalityFrom enrollment through the earlier of hospital discharge or 365 days

Death before hospital discharge

Incidence of DesaturationTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Decrease in oxygen saturation of greater than 3% from induction to lowest oxygen saturation

Need for AssistanceTime of Induction through 2 minutes after successful intubation

Incidence of need for additional intubating equipment, second operator

Ventilator-free DaysFrom enrollment through study day 28

Days alive and free from mechanical ventilation

ICU-Free DaysFrom enrollment through study day 28

Days alive and out of the ICU

Trial Locations

Locations (5)

University of Alabama - Birmingham

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Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Ochsner Medical Center

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Louisiana State University School of Medicine

🇺🇸

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

University of Washington

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Seattle, Washington, United States

Vanderbilt University

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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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