Video Laryngoscopy in Newborn Babies V1

Comparison Between Direct Laryngoscopy and Video Laryngoscopy for Neonatal Intubation. Confidence of Staff and Number of Attempts to Successful Intubation

Our research questions are

  1. Will the use of a video laryngoscope lead to decreased attempts
  2. Does this result in more successful intubations and greater confidence in the supervisor and the team that a successful intubation has been performed.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Neonatal intubation is a technically difficult, but essential, skill to learn, involving passing a plastic tube through the vocal cords, into the trachea. Current practice involves using a laryngoscope to directly visualise the cords, however this technique does not allow the supervisor to witness the tube passing through the cords. Video laryngoscopes have a camera at the distal end of the blade, allowing an 85% viewing angle as opposed to 15% that is seen with direct view. In addition, the image is projected onto a screen, allowing all members of the team to visualise the intubation and therefore provide real time guidance as well as increased confidence in the outcome of the attempt. Video laryngoscopes are used in neonates in other specialities, for example Ear Nose and throat or respiratory physicians, and are becoming routinely used by neonatologists. The research questions are whether using a video laryngoscope will lead to decreased attempts, which in turn will potentially result in more successful intubations and greater confidence in the supervisor and the team that a successful intubation has been performed.

The aim is to recruit 40 babies and randomly allocate the participant to either direct laryngoscopy or video laryngoscopy for elective intubations. Number of attempts to successful intubation would be recorded, in addition to confidence of supervisor and the team regarding the outcome of the attempt.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

39

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Devon
      • Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom, EX25DW
        • Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Any baby requiring intubation on a neonatal unit

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infants will not be recruited if they are in extremis requiring immediate intubation by a senior experienced operator who will use his/her own preferred method. Infants who will be intubated nasally will not be included as this technique is not usually taught to registrars.

Any baby with a congenital airway malformation will not be included in the study

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Device Feasibility
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Standard
Usual Direct view laryngoscopy
Experimental: Intervention
Video laryngoscopy
The use of video laryngoscopy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of attempts to successful intubation
Time Frame: Each attempt is defined by the need to stop the attempt and give non-invasive support. A maximum of 3 attempts per trainee. The eligible participant is any baby on NNU who requires intubation
How many attempts before successful intubation
Each attempt is defined by the need to stop the attempt and give non-invasive support. A maximum of 3 attempts per trainee. The eligible participant is any baby on NNU who requires intubation
Team confidence around tube placement at the time of tube placement
Time Frame: immediately after the intubation
Continuous line to score the confidence of the individuals in the team
immediately after the intubation

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Bartle Dr David, MBChB, Consultant at Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 25, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 25, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

August 29, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 28, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 26, 2019

Last Verified

March 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 16/SW/0013

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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