The Pretreatment of a Left-sided Double-lumen Tube to Prevent Its Misplacement to the Right Mainstem Bronchus

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Double Lumen Tube Intubation

Treatments: Device: Bent shape of bronchial tip; Device: Neutral shape of bronchial tip

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01818128

JHBahk_DLT_flexion

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether flexion of bronchial tip of a left-sided double lumen endobronchial tube prevents tube misplacement to the right mainstem bronchus.

Enrollment: 1,540 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing thoracic surgery that require the placement of left-sided double-lumen tubes

Exclusion criteria

• Abnormal anatomy of tracheobronchial tree
• Intraluminal lesion in the left or right mainstem bronchus
• Anticipated difficult intubation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,540 participants in 2 patient groups

Neutral shape of bronchial tip

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Neutral shape of bronchial tip

Bent shape of bronchial tip

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Bent shape of bronchial tip