Effectiveness of C-MAC Video-stylet Versus Fiberoptic Bronchoscope for Awake Intubation

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Status: Unknown

Conditions: Difficult Intubation; Difficult Mask Ventilation

Treatments: Device: flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope; Device: C-MAC VS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04759287

0304792

Details and patient eligibility

About

C-MAC- Video Stylet is a completely new type of video endoscope. It combines the advantages of both rigid and flexible intubation endoscopes.

Full description

C-MAC-VS can be connected easily to the same C- MAC monitor and Pocket Monitor without requiring any additional light source and camera. This device is great for cases with limited mouth opening, airway obstruction and difficult intubation.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2,
• presence of any predictors of difficult intubation;
• Mallampati score > =3;
• inter-incisor distance < 3 cm;
• thyromental distance < 6 cm;
• neck extension < 80°from neck flexion;
• cervical spine instability;
• history of difficult endotracheal intubation or difficult mask ventilation

Exclusion criteria

• patients have increased risk of pulmonary aspiration;
• have significant medical diseases in term of cardiac, respiratory, hepatic, renal,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

VS group

Active Comparator group

Description:

include patients undergoing awake intubation using the C-MAC VS

Treatment:

Device: C-MAC VS

FOB group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

will include patients undergoing awake intubation using the flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope.

Treatment:

Device: flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope