Airtraq Versus Conventional Laryngoscopy in Children

Randomised Controlled Trial of the Airtraq Optical Laryngoscope and Conventional Laryngoscopy in Children

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01212536

Enrollment

Registered

2010-09-30

Start date

2010-08-31

Completion date

2011-03-31

Last updated

2011-12-15

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Conditions

Children, General Anesthesia, Intubation

Keywords

children, intubation, laryngoscope

Brief summary

The investigators aim to compare the new paediatric Airtraq indirect optical laryngoscope with conventional direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation in a randomised crossover study during routine anaesthesia. The investigators hypothesise that the Airtraq is as good as conventional laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation of infants and children. This will be an equivalence rather than a non-inferiority study.

Interventions

DEVICEAirtraq laryngoscopy

laryngoscopy and intubation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 6 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All children less than 6 years of age, in whom a size 2.5 - 5.5 tracheal tube would be considered suitable. * Classified by the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) as grade 1-3. * Scheduled for surgery under general anaesthesia, and in whom tracheal intubation and neuromuscular blocking drugs are planned to be used.

Exclusion criteria

* inability of patient or parents to understand the study or consent process * known or suspected difficult airway * ASA 4 and above

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
time taken to successful intubation	30 mins	The primary outcome measure will be time taken to successful intubation. This will be recorded by a second operator using a handheld stopwatch or wall clock with second hand. Time will commence when the intubation device is handed to the anaesthetist, and stopped after the first successful inflation of the lungs (first upstroke of capnography trace).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Grade of laryngoscopy	30 mins
POGO score	30 mins
VAS ease of intubation	30 mins
evidence of traumatic intubation	24 hours

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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