The Efficacy of Distal Pharyngeal Airway for Oxygenation During TEE

University of Miami

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Airway Obstruction

Treatments: Device: Nasal Cannula; Device: McMurray Enhanced Airway

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05974488

20221246

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of using the McMurray Enhanced Airway (MEA) which is a flexible extended-length distal pharyngeal airway on improving oxygen delivery compared to standard nasal cannula.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age > or = 18 years old
• Patients willing to participate and provide an informed consent
• Patients scheduled to undergo an elective TEE procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with history of uncontrolled gastroesophageal reflux disease
• Patients with anatomical airway obstruction
• Have any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the well-being of the patient or the study or prevent the patient from meeting or performing study requirements

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Distal Pharyngeal Airway

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will use the McMurray enhanced airway to have oxygen delivered throughout a TEE procedure for up to 60 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: McMurray Enhanced Airway

Nasal cannula group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participant in this group will receive oxygen through a nasal cannula during the TEE procedure for up to 60 minutes.

Treatment:

Device: Nasal Cannula