Data-driven Development of a Core Dataset for Difficult Airway Alerts (FingAIRprint)

November 27, 2025 updated by: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Data-driven Development of a Core Dataset for Documentation of Difficult Airway Alerts - a Secondary Analysis of Pooled Database From Three Prospective Studies - the FingAIRprint Project

Previous difficult airway management is the most accurate predictor of future difficulty. Consistent documentation is paramount for future airway planning, but requires reliable, reproducible and easily accessible information. Currently, anaesthesia alert cards are often based on analogue hard copies while they lack a clinically meaningful core data set allowing structured reproducible documentation and risk estimation. Further, existing alert cards are often inconsistently used and clear triggers for issuing of airway alert cards are widely undefined. The FingAIRprint project aims to develop a justifiable core data set using a data-driven approach in patients undergoing tracheal intubation with videolaryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy, that is intended to be used for documentation of digital airway alerts.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

1785

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

  • Germany
      • Hamburg, Germany, 20246
        • Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

Pooled database from three prospective studies originating from a single study center in adults undergoing elective head and neck surgery with general anaesthesia and tracheal intubation.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients undergoing general anesthesia with tracheal intubation
  • Informed consent obtained
  • Age > 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Indication for intubation via a bronchoscope or awake intubation
  • Pregnant women

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Difficult airway alert
Time Frame: 1 hour
Documented by the airway operator following tracheal intubation (y/n)
1 hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recommendation for awake tracheal intubation
Time Frame: 1 hour
Recommendation for future airway planning documented by the airway operator after tracheal intubation (y/n)
1 hour
Recommendation for camera-assisted tracheal intubation
Time Frame: 1 hour
Recommendation for future airway planning documented by the airway operator after tracheal intubation (y/n)
1 hour

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 31, 2023

Study Completion (Estimated)

November 30, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 27, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 27, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

December 10, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 10, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 27, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2024-300503-WF

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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