A Study to See if Virtual Airway Imaging Makes Awake Breathing Tube Insertion Easier in Patients with Large Thyroid Swelling

Outcomes of Awake Fibreoptic Intubation with and without Preoperative Virtual Bronchoscopy Navigation session in Large Thyroid surgery: A randomised controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2026/02/104509

Enrollment

Registered

2026-02-23

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: R00-R99- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Interventions

Intervention1: Group A (Intervention Group) Preoperative Virtual Bronchoscopic Navigation planning session.: the intubating anaesthesiologist will spend 10 minutes navigating the reconstructed airwa

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ASA 1 TO 3 large thyroid swelling

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Emergency airway Patient refusal or inability to cooperate with awake intubation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Number of intubation attempts Time taken for successful intubation Incidence of the number of times the fibreoptic tip contacts the airway walls Timepoint: During awake fibreoptic intubation	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy in ETT size prediction Correct positioning of ETT beyond compressed segments Need for adjustment or reinsertion of ETT Timepoint: at endotracheal intubation.	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactShashank Umesh Paliwal

AIIMS Bathinda

shashankupaliwal@gmail.com08451858199

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026