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Sequential Strategy vs Palpation vs Routine Ultrasound for Detection of Cricothyroid Membrane

Sequential Strategy of Palpation Plus Ultrasound vs Palpation vs Routine Ultrasound , in Adults for Detection of Cricothyroid Membrane: Protocol of an Adaptive Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05535127
Acronym
EcoID
Enrollment
258
Registered
2022-09-10
Start date
2022-09-30
Completion date
2023-04-30
Last updated
2022-09-10

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Conditions

Airway Disease, Intubation; Difficult or Failed, Ultrasound Therapy

Brief summary

EcoID is a study designed as an adaptive controlled clinical trial with a first phase of superiority and a second phase of non-inferiority with change of control, of parallel groups, random assignment and blinding of investigators measuring outcome.

Detailed description

Methodology: Methods, techniques and tools provided. Describe the design, study population, materials, procedures and analysis plan: EcoID is a study designed as an adaptive controlled clinical trial with a first phase of superiority and a second phase of non-inferiority with change of control, of parallel groups, random assignment and blinding of investigators measuring outcome. A Bayesian statistical approach will be used for the analysis and inferences of the information obtained from the clinical trial. The use of an adaptive study is justified given that there is uncertainty if the sequential strategy is superior to palpation, so performing the sequential experiment optimizes sample collection. In case the intervention does not pass phase 1, it is not necessary to expose more patients to compare the intervention by the second control. By using a Bayesian statistical approach, it is possible to use the phase 1 sample as a prior probability distribution. Therefore, the adaptive sample of phase 2 is optimized, achieving the best statistical performance with the least amount of time and resources, benefits found in this type of design The study population will be adult patients of the IPS Universitaria, who accept participation in the study and sign the informed consent. In phase 1 of the study, a comparison will be made between identification of the MCT by palpation and the intervention of identification by the sequential strategy of palpation plus ultrasound, this consists of an assessment by palpation and in the event that the participant is not sure in the identification advances in ultrasound assessment. A sample of 129 patients is calculated for each arm. The superiority of the intervention over palpatory control will be assessed, only if this superiority is demonstrated will advance to phase 2. For phase 2, a comparison will be made between identification of the MCT by routine ultrasound and the intervention of identification by the strategy sequential palpation plus ultrasound. The sample will be calculated based on the results of the first phase, the hypothesis will be to demonstrate that this intervention strategy is not inferior to routine ultrasound. The accuracy of the controls and the intervention will be compared against the ultrasound identification of an airway expert with a CUSUM curve greater than 90%. Materials: * Training activities both in MCT identification strategy by palpation with the laryngeal handshake technique, routine ultrasound to achieve a CUSUM curve > 80% in the participants and training in the sequential strategy. * Mindray M9 ultrasound scanner with linear probe without needle * Yelco gel -Chronometer * UV visible ink marker -Black ink marker

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPalpation with laryngeal handshake technique

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DIAGNOSTIC_TESTPalpation strategy plus sequential ultrasound

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DIAGNOSTIC_TESTIdentification of the cricothyroid membrane with routine ultrasound

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Sponsors

Universidad de Antioquia
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

* Older than 18 years-old. * Acceptance of participation in the clinical study * Informed consent signature * Hopitalizated

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with tracheostomy or other ventilation devices in the cervical region

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Proportion of adequate cricothyroid membrane identification by groupthrough study completion, an average of 30 minutesAdequate Identification of the cricothyroid membrane For the present study, it is defined as the concordance between the marking performed by any of the interventions and the marking performed by an expert. This must have a distance of less than 5 mm both in the axial and longitudinal planes. An expert in the field is defined as a professional who works using advanced airway management strategies, and has published on airway ultrasonography and/or performs a CUSUM curve for MCT identification \>90%.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to detectionthrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the time from the first contact with the patient by the administrator of the intervention, until the marking of the cricothyroid membrane with any of the interventions
Longitudinal deviationthrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the distance in millimeters between the marking made by the administrator of the intervention and the expert evaluator of the outcome in the lateral plane.
Lateral deviation in mmthrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the distance in millimeters between the marking made by the administrator of the intervention and the expert evaluator of the outcome in the lateral plane.
Degree of difficulty30 minutesperceived by evaluators in the identification of the cricothyroid membrane: It is understood as the perception of difficulty of each intervention by the administrators of the intervention.
Satisfaction of the administrators of the interventionthrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the global perception of satisfaction with the technique by the participants administering the intervention. For this measurement, a global Likert-type scale will be used, whose score ranges between 1 and 7, with 1 being very dissatisfied and 7 being very satisfied.
Perception of adherence to the techniquethrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the global perception of future use of the technique by the administrators of the intervention. For this measurement, a Likert-type global scale will be used, whose score ranges between 1 and 7, with 1 being a very poor perception of use in the future and 7 being a very high perception of use in the future
Participant satisfactionthrough study completion, an average of 10 minutesDefined as the patients' global perception of satisfaction with the technique. For this measurement, a global Likert-type scale will be used, whose score ranges between 1 and 7, with 1 being very dissatisfied and 7 being very satisfied.

Countries

Colombia

Contacts

Primary ContactMario A Zamudio, Prof
mario.zamudio@udea.edu.co3003456596
Backup ContactAlejandra Bedoya, Md
alejandra.bedoyau@udea.edu.co3185230182

Outcome results

None listed

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