Airtraq Versus Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway

A Comparison of the Airtraq and Standard Direct Laryngoscopy in the Pediatric Airway - A Randomized Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00874016

Enrollment

Registered

2009-04-02

Start date

2009-04-30

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2010-12-16

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Conditions

Endotracheal Intubation

Keywords

intubation, Airtraq, pediatric, airway

Brief summary

Time to intubate, view to glottic opening and success rate are not different when Airtraq technique is used compared to standard direct laryngoscopy in children.

Detailed description

50 children (age 5 years and 11 month or younger) with expected easy intubation, scheduled for elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation are enrolled.

Interventions

DEVICEAirtraq

Intubation using Airtraq

DEVICEDirect Laryngoscopy

Intubation using direct laryngoscopy

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 6 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria

* predicted difficult bag-mask ventilation * predicted difficult intubation * rapid sequence induction * emergency endotracheal intubation * hemodynamic instability * emergency surgery * non-english speaking caregivers/parents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to intubation	1 day

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Percentage of glottic opening seen	1 day

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

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