Clinical trials: Difficult Airway
Difficult Intubation, Pediatrics
Predicting Difficult Airway in Children
Background: Obtaining airway security holds the utmost importance in anesthesia. Specific predictive tests or findings for difficult airway are not defined for various pediatric age groups.
- Trial name
- NCT03641157
- Testing
- Easy Intubation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- Tepecik Training and Research Hospital
Airway Management, Intubation, Intratracheal
The Difficult Airway Management Trial: "The DIFFICAIR-Trial"
In general anesthetic the patient is deprived of his awareness and ability to breathe. It is therefore one of the most important tasks in anesthesia to ensure the patient's airway and breathing.
- Trial name
- DIFFICAIR (NCT01718561)
- Testing
- SARI
- Where
- 28 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 76,058 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hillerod Hospital, Denmark
Difficult Airway
Using Ultrasound for Bougie Insertion in Difficult Airway Management
Difficult airway management remains one of the biggest challenges in anesthesia practice. The Gum elastic bougie, an intubation tool, is frequently used to facilitate intubation in difficult situations.
- Trial name
- NCT06836388
- Testing
- ultrasound guided bougie insertion, Conventional methods for bougie insertion
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Mohammed Gaber Saad
Airway Morbidity, Airway Disease
Video Laryngoscopy in Pre-hospital Critical Care
Difficult conditions and critically ill and injured patients may complicate endotracheal intubation in the pre-hospital setting.
- Conditions
- Airway Morbidity, Airway Disease, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiratory Failure
- Trial name
- NCT02035449
- Testing
- McGrath MAC
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- University of Aarhus
Airway Obstruction
Comparison of Laryngeal Mask and I-gel to Laryngoscope by Novice Operators in Simulated Difficult Airway
The use of laryngeal mask airway or i-gel to manage airway may improve success rates, especially in difficult situations more than tracheal intubation.
- Trial name
- NCT02224027
- Testing
- proceal laryngeal mask airway, tracheal tube, i-gel
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 109 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yeungnam University College of Medicine
Pediatric, Elective
Laryngeal Mask Airways Are Supraglottic Devices Used to Maintain Airway Patency During Anesthesia and in Difficult Airways. IV Dexmedetomidine Improves LMA Insertion Success and Decreases Coughing, While IV Lidocaine Decreases Postoperative Cough.
Laryngeal Mask Airways Are Supraglottic Devices Used to Maintain Airway Patency During Anesthesia and in Difficult Airways. LMA may help in reducing postoperative pulmonary complications.
- Conditions
- Pediatric, Elective, Surgery in Early Childhood
- Trial name
- DEX LMA (NCT07562308)
- Testing
- Dexamedomedine, Lidocaine (drug)
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Respiratory Failure, Cardiac Arrest
'Single Hand Used inTubaTing Laryngoscope Evaluation' Study
This is a study to compare the new ShuttleScope with the standard Macintosh Laryngoscope
- Conditions
- Respiratory Failure, Cardiac Arrest, Difficult Intubation, Anesthesia Intubation Complication
- Trial name
- SHUTTLE (NCT04310384)
- Testing
- ShuttleScope, MacIntosh Laryngoscope
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Indication for Care or Intervention Related to Labor or Delivery With Baby Delivered
Incidence of Difficult Airway and Difficult Neuraxial Placement in Obstetric Patients
Anesthesiologists commonly administer pain relief during labor or providing anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Two main methods are used to achieve these goal: "Regional anesthesia" where the mother is given medication through a…
- Trial name
- DADB (NCT02193542)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Airway Morbidity
What is the Gold Standard of Airway Management in the Anticipated Difficult Airway
A prospective Observationalstudie to analyze the current significance of the awake flexible endoscopy in German hospitals.
- Trial name
- FOI (NCT04158323)
- Testing
- Airway Management in patients with a anticipated difficult airway
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Videolaryngoscopy, Difficult Airway, Videolaryngoscopes
Comparison of PeDiAC and the Intubation Difficulty Scale in Pediatric Patients Intubated With Videolaryngoscopy
This prospective observational study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Paediatric Videolaryngoscopic Intubation and Difficult Airway Classification (PeDiAC) and the Intubation Difficulty Scale (IDS) in evaluating difficult…
- Conditions
- Videolaryngoscopy, Difficult Airway, Videolaryngoscopes, Airway Management Assessment, Pediatric Anesthesia
- Trial name
- VIDEOPED (NCT07141485)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 430 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Intubation; Difficult or Failed
A.I. Supported Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation: a Manikin Study
LarynGuide is a newly developed AI-supported software for video laryngoscopy that supports the user through correct placement of endotracheal tube by means of audio-visual signals and warning of incorrect or potentially dangerous…
- Trial name
- aiTN (NCT06657417)
- Testing
- Video laryngoscopy, Video larnygoscopy
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Schulthess Klinik
Cleft Palate, Cleft Lip
Perioperative Respiratory Adverse Events in Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Clinical Scoring
Cleft lip and palate surgeries present unique anesthetic challenges due to shared airway access with the surgical field, frequent anatomical abnormalities, and a predominantly infant and toddler population.
- Conditions
- Cleft Palate, Cleft Lip, Laryngospasm, Bronchospasm
- Trial name
- NCT07651904
- Testing
- Standard General Anesthesia per Institutional Protocol
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital
Critical Illness, Difficult; Intubation, Postpartum, During Puerperium
Ultrasound Airway Assessment of Critically Ill Preeclamptic; Comparison Between Two Technique
Unexpected difficult airway exposes the patient to serious morbidity and even mortality. The changes in pregnancy and preeclampsia increase the risk of difficult intubation.
- Conditions
- Critical Illness, Difficult; Intubation, Postpartum, During Puerperium, Pre-Eclampsia
- Trial name
- NCT06651879
- Testing
- techniques of ultrasound examination of the airway
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Difficult Airway
Learning Curves of Intubation for Simulated Difficult Airway Scenarios by Manikin: Comparison of Combined Pentax Airwayscope-fiberoptic Bronchoscope and Fiberoptic Bronchoscope Alone
Acquisition of knowledge and skills pertinent to the use of fibreoptic endoscopy is an important part of training in various medical and surgical specialties such as anesthesiology, emergency medicine, otolaryngology, and…
- Trial name
- NCT02811562
- Testing
- manikin, fiberoptic bronchoscope, pentax-airwayscope
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Ajou University School of Medicine
Laryngeal Mask Airway, Children
Risk Factors for Pediatric Difficult Supraglottic Airway Placement and Ventilation
This study is designed to observe the occurrence of failure or difficulty during placement of supraglottic airway devices (SGAs) and its associated risk factors in pediatric patients.
- Conditions
- Laryngeal Mask Airway, Children, Airway Management
- Trial name
- PEDSGAP (NCT06073977)
- Where
- 6 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 3,750 people
- Sponsor
- Alper Kilicaslan
Infants, Difficult Airway
Oxygen Insuflation and ArterialDesaturation During Tracheal Intubation in Children
Infants (0-1 yr.) with anticipated difficult airways will be enrolled in the study. Specifically, we will include infants with cleft palate, Pierre Robin, Treacher Collins, trisomy 21, or similar congenital malformations.
- Trial name
- NCT01664234
- Testing
- laryngoscopy with oxygen, laryngoscopy without oxygen
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Vienna
Airway Complication of Anesthesia
Airway US in Predicting Difficult Pediatric Laryngoscopy
The hypothesis of this study is that ultrasound measurements may improve the preoperative detection of difficult laryngoscopy (DL) in pediatrics.
- Trial name
- AirwayUS (NCT06892405)
- Testing
- SonoSite™ S Series ultrasound
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 49 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Airway Management
Algorithms in a Simulated Difficult Intubation Scenario
This is a non-human study, conducted in a simulation environment, with simulator manikins, and volunteers from anaesthesia. Trainees in their first 2 years of anaesthetics training will be randomised to a control group, a group…
- Trial name
- NCT00951769
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Videolaryngoscopy, Intubation Difficulty Scale
Comparison of VIDIAC, PeDiAC and Intubation Difficulty Scale in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Videolaryngoscopic Intubation
This prospective observational study aims to evaluate three scoring systems (VIDIAC (Video Laryngoscopic Intubation and Difficult Airway Classification), PeDiAC (Pediatric Difficult Airway Classification), and the Intubation…
- Conditions
- Videolaryngoscopy, Intubation Difficulty Scale, Vidiac Score, Difficult Airway Intubation
- Trial name
- VIDIPEDIDS (NCT07245511)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 416 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Pediatric Anesthesia, Difficult Laryngoscopy
Preoperative Prediction of Difficult Airway in Children
This prospective observational study aims to evaluate the predictive value of preoperative clinical airway assessment parameters for difficult airway management in pediatric patients undergoing elective surgery under general…
- Trial name
- NCT07384611
- Testing
- Preoperative Clinical Airway Assessment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital