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Laryngoscope Prototype Tested Against the Traditional Macintosh Blade

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00378170
Enrollment
210
Registered
2006-09-19
Start date
2006-01-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2006-12-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anesthesia, Intravenous

Keywords

intubation, difficulty, Macintosh, dental damage, complications

Brief summary

The primary objective is to evaluate a knewly developed blade (for intubating patients about to undergo surgery) and compare it to the traditional Macintosh blade

Detailed description

Intubation of patiens can be difficult, even impossible. It can result in different complications as damage to the teeth, lacerations of the mucosa, bleeding, fractures/luxations, hypoxia, hypercapnia, reflex bradycardia and in worst case braindamage and death. The more difficult the intubation is the more frequent complicationrate. We believe to have developed a laryngoscopeblade that hopefully eases the intubationproces and thereby reduces the complicationrisk. The patients included in this study is patients who are undergoing elective surgery requering intubation.

Interventions

DEVICEintubation of patients undergoing elective surgery

Sponsors

Herlev Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* age over 18 * ASA 1-III * Patients undergoing elective surgery requering intubation at KAS Herlev

Exclusion criteria

* Prior difficult intubation indicating awake fiberoptic intubation * pathology in the airways predicting difficult intubation * columna cervicalis fractures * pregnancy * Requirement for Rapid sequence induction

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
succes rate - immediate evaluation
difficulty - immediate evaluation

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Cormack & Lehane grading
Time to intubate
Interincissor gap
vissible complication

Countries

Denmark

Contacts

Primary ContactUlrik Grevstad, MD
basviola@get2net.dk+4525348390
Backup ContactAnn Møller, MD
annmo@herlevhosp.kbhamt.dk+4544884488

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026