Evaluation of the Gastric Tube Guide to Place Orogastric Tubes (GTG)

Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Orogastric Tube Placement

Treatments: Device: Conventional placement; Device: Gastric Tube Guide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02925052

GTG-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled prospective study of orogastric tube placement with the Gastric Tube Guide vs conventional placement.

Enrollment: 151 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 18 Years
• No concurrent participation in another study
• Capacity to consent
• Present written informed consent of the research participant
• Elective surgery in general anesthesia
• Required orogastric intubation

Exclusion criteria

• Existing pregnancy
• Emergency patients
• Preexisting pathological findings in the mouth, pharynx or esophagus

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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151 participants in 2 patient groups

GTG

Experimental group

Description:

Gastric tube placement using the Gastric Tube Guide

Treatment:

Device: Gastric Tube Guide

Conventional

Other group

Description:

Gastric tube placement using a conventional method, according to local protocol.

Treatment:

Device: Conventional placement