Face-to-face Tracheal Intubation: a Comparison of Airtraq, Glidescope and Fastrach

Face-to-face Tracheal Intubation With Fastrach or Videolaryngoscopes

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02286570

Enrollment

120

Registered

2014-11-10

Start date

2014-10-31

Completion date

2015-01-31

Last updated

2015-04-01

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Conditions

Intubation Difficult

Brief summary

Trauma victims had to be intubated at the scene of area in different conditions. Face-to-face intubation in an entrapped patient is one of these situations. The investigators want to compare the efficacy of Glidescope, Airtraq and Fastrach in simulating face-ro-face intubation in adult patients aged between 18-60 years.

Detailed description

The investigators record the demographic and the airway data of the patients (thyromental distance, sternomental distance, mallampati score, mandibula protrusions, interincisor distance..etc). The hemodynamic data of the patients baseline preoperatively, after induction, after insertion of the device, after intubation, and 2 minutes intervals after intubation during the ten minutes. Cormack-Lehane grade of the videolaryngoscopes, insertion time, intubation time, need of optimisation maneuvers, mucosal damage, teeth and tongue damage, postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, dysphagia were recorded.

Interventions

DEVICEGlidescope

videolaryngoscope used for endotracheal intubation

DEVICEAirtraq

videolaryngoscope used for endotracheal intubation

DEVICEFastrach

intubating laryngeal mask airway used for blind endotracheal intubation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 18-60 years of age * Elective surgery requiring endotracheal intubation * Normal airway variables * BMI\< 30

Exclusion criteria

* \< 18 years or \> 60 years * Emergency procedures * Known difficult airways * BMI\> 30

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
intubation time	elapsing between the handling of the device till intubation 2 minutes	2 minutes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
mucosal damage	blood on the device after removal 1 minute	1 minute after removal
postoperative minor complications sore troat, teeth damage, tongue damage, desaturation, hoarseness, disphagia	sore troat, teeth damage, tongue damage, desaturation, hoarseness, disphagia 30 minutes	30 minutes after extubation
need of optimisation maneuvers	chandy, side-to-side, handling force, up-down, reinserting 15 minutes	during 15 minutes while intubation
hemodynamic changes (mean arteriial pressure)	entübation and after 15 minutes	mmHg

Outcome results

None listed

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