UED-A Videolaryngoscope vs. Glidescope Titanium for Elective Tracheal Intubation (UED-VLG)

Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubation; Difficult or Failed

Treatments: Device: Glidescope Videolaryngoscopy; Device: UED-A Videolaryngoscopy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05721690

PAR 72.22

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present randomized clinical trial wants to compare the efficacy and safety of UED-A videolaryngoscope to Glidescope Titanium for routinely tracheal intubation in 60 adults, in terms of successful rate, no. attempts and manoeuvre duration.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients candidates for general anesthesia in elective general surgery
• Age over 18 years
• American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III.

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to sign informed consent
• Paediatric population
• ASA physical status IV
• Emergency tracheal intubation
• Independent Predictors of difficult Videolaryngoscopy (Neck extension < 80°, macroglossia, interincisor distance < 3 cm, anatomical alterations of the neck, cardiac surgery, ear-nose-throat surgery)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

UED-A

Experimental group

Description:

Tracheal Intubation with UED-A videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: UED-A Videolaryngoscopy

GLIDESCOPE

Active Comparator group

Description:

Tracheal Intubation with Glidescope Titanium videolaryngoscope

Treatment:

Device: Glidescope Videolaryngoscopy