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A Randomized Comparison of Intraoperative Warming With the LMA PerfecTemp and Forced-air

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Warming Systems During Surgery
Registration Number
NCT01094119
Lead Sponsor
The Cleveland Clinic
Brief Summary

Recently, a novel posterior heating system has been developed that provides enhanced pressure relief: the Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) PerfecTemp. Anactodal experience with this FDA-approved system suggests that the PerfecTemp warmer is effective, even in open abdominal surgery. The investigators therefore propose to test the hypothesis that intraoperative distal esophageal (core) temperatures with PerfecTemp warming are non-inferior to upper-body forced-air warming in patients undergoing open major abdominal surgery under general anesthesia.

Secondary hypotheses include that:

1. intraoperative core temperatures are superior with PerfecTemp than upper-body forced-air warming

2. final intraoperative core temperature is non-inferior with PerfecTemp than upper-body forced-air warming

3. final intraoperative core temperature is superior with PerfecTemp than upper-body forced-air warming.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria
  • Body-mass index 20-36 kg/m2
  • Age 18-75 yrs
  • ASA Physical Status 1-3
  • Supine position (with or without lithotomy)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pre-operative fever
  • Serious skin lesions
  • And contraindication to either PerfecTemp or forced-air warming

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time Weighted Average Core Temperaturefrom tracheal intubation to 3 hours after or tracheal extubation

Time weighted average core temperature (esophogeal temperature) from tracheal intubation to 3 hours after or tracheal extubation

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Proportion of Patients With Temperatures Above 36 Degreeat the end of surgery

Proportion of patients with esophogeal temperatures above 36 degree at the end of surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic

🇺🇸

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Clinic
🇺🇸Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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