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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04501692
VivaSight-SL Versus Videolaryngoscopy in Expected Difficult Airway (VivaOP)
Endotracheal Tube-mounted Camera Assisted Intubation Versus Videolaryngoscopic Intubation in Patients With Expected Difficult Airway - a Prospective Randomized Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Endotracheal intubation is required for different surgical procedures for mechanical ventilation and to prevent aspiration of secretions. Endotracheal intubation is usually performed by direct laryngoscopy (DL), but this technique may fail in patients with a difficult airway, i.e. during otorhinolaryngologic or oral and maxillofacial surgery. Besides fiberoptic intubation that is regarded as gold standard, videolaryngoscopy (VL) has evolved as a valuable alternative technique in patients with a difficult airway. However, VL has its limitations and may also fail due to insufficient visualization of the larynx. An endotracheal tube with an integrated camera (VST, VivaSight-SL, Ambu A/S, Ballerup, Denmark) may allow for direct guidance of the tube and may aid in endotracheal intubation in difficult airway patients. This tube has been evaluated in intensive care patients and in patients with morbid adiposity compared to DL, but there is a paucity of data in difficult airway patients, so far.
Therefore, we aim to test the VST in difficult airway patients compared to VL in a prospective randomized non-inferiority trial.
Patients will be assessed for eligibility in the Anesthesiology Pre-assessment Clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf prior to elective surgery.
All patients receive a structured preoperative airway assessment in accordance with standard operating procedure of the Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf using the implemented in-house algorithm for the prediction of difficult airway management and the Simplified Airway Risk Index (SARI).
Patients randomized to the intervention group will be intubated with a VST. Depending on gender and patient's size, tubes with inner diameters of 7.0, 7.5, and 8.0 are available. The tubes camera is connected to an Ambu aView monitor (Ambu A/S, Ballerup, Denmark). Patients randomized to the control group are intubated with a C-MAC videolaryngoscope (Karl Storz SE & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, Germany) with a Macintosh type blade size 3 or 4 blade.
Anesthesia management, the choice of the blade and tube size, as well as the use of adjuncts like stylets, introducers or forceps or airway optimization maneuvers (e.g. backward upward rightward pressure [BURP] and optimum external laryngeal manipulation [OELM]) will be left to the discretion of the attending physician.
All intubations are recorded through the monitors for later review (e.g. Cormack-Lehane and POGO-score).
Based on an expected endtidal fraction of oxygen after intubation of 80% with a standard deviation of 8%, and a noninferiority margin of 10%, 2x 24 patients are required with errors of α=0.025 and β=0.2 (PASS version 08.0.6, NCSS, LLC. Kaysville, UT, USA).
All participating physicians are anesthesiology residents or fellows. To avoid a bias that may occur due to different skills for VL compared to the VST, physicians participating in this study take part in a structured manikin airway training. The age and months of work experience of the participating anesthetists will be assessed within a questionnaire. It has been shown that novice physicians are able to reliably intubate a manikin with the VST after a 30 min training session of DL and VST. For VL, it has been shown that novice physicians may intubate manikins set up to a difficult airway scenario after a brief introduction and five intubations with the VL and that anesthesiology residents may quickly adopt the use of the C-MAC VL.
Therefore, participating physicians are trained for 30 min under the supervision of an independent anesthetist before participating in this study.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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HH
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Hamburg, HH, Germany, 20246
- Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients requiring general anesthesia with transoral tracheal intubation for elective surgery
- Age ≥ 18
- Preoperative airway assessment reveals an expected difficult airway (rated by the responsible anesthetist in the Pre-assessment Clinic based on the existing in-house algorithm)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
- Confirmed indications for awake fiberoptic intubation especially due to enoral, pharyngeal tumors, abscesses or other processes
- Planned endotracheal intubation without deep anesthesia or neuromuscular blocking agents (e.g. awake videolaryngoscopy)
- Required transnasal tracheal intubation (e.g. for surgical reasons)
- Requirement of special endotracheal tubes such as laser or RAE tubes for surgical reasons
- Patients at risk for pulmonary aspiration who qualify for rapid sequence induction
- Loose teeth
- Denial of consent
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: VivaSight
Intubated with a VivaSight-SL endotracheal tube.
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see above
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Active Comparator: Conventional
Intubated by videolaryngoscopy.
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see above
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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first-pass success
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of successful intubations with one attempt
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15 minutes
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end-tidal oxygen fraction
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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the lowest end-tidal oxygen fraction within two minutes after successful intubation after a standardized preoxygenation
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15 minutes
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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overall success rate
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of successful intubations with the allocated procedure
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15 minutes
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time to successful intubation
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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time until an endotracheal airway access is established
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15 minutes
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time to successful intubation with one attempt
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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time until an endotracheal airway access is established in patients that are intubated at first attempt
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15 minutes
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intubation difficulty
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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subjective rating on a visual analogue scale of the difficulty of airway management and questionnaire
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15 minutes
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end-tidal carbondioxide fraction
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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the highest end-tidal carbondioxide fraction within two minutes after successful intubation
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15 minutes
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number of attempts
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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total number of attempts until airway established
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15 minutes
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aspiration
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of patients that vomit and aspirate during intubation
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15 minutes
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esophageal intubation
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of accidental esophageal intubation attempts
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15 minutes
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hypoxia
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of patients with a desaturation below a pulsoximetric saturation of 80%
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15 minutes
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hypotension
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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percentage of patients with a systolic blood pressure below 70 mmHg
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15 minutes
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intubating conditions
Time Frame: 15 minutes
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grades according to Cormack-Lehane and POGO
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15 minutes
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Collaborators and Investigators
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- VivaOP
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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