Clinical trials: DIFFICULTY ASSESSMENT
Airway Assessment
Upper Airway Ultrasound in the Assessment of Difficult Visualization of the Larynx
failed and Difficult tracheal intubation after direct laryngoscopy is a dreaded complication of general anesthesia as it is associated with serious morbidity and mortality.
- Trial name
- NCT04273074
- Testing
- sonographic assessment
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Listening Difficulties
Causes of Listening Difficulties in Children
Many children experience listening and processing difficulties (LiD), especially in background noise, despite normal hearing sensitivity. The prevalence of these problems is estimated at 0.5-1% in the general population.
- Trial name
- CLINIC (NCT06388343)
- Testing
- Evaluation of Children's Listening and Processing Skills, Multidisciplinary behavioral assessment
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Impacted Third Molar Tooth
Accuracy of Variables for Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery
Accuracy of the variables used in Wharfe assessment and Pederson difficulty index for impacted mandibular third molar surgery. The lower 3rd molar tooth is one of the most frequently impacted teeth.
- Trial name
- NCT05143359
- Testing
- Wharfe and Pederson difficulty index, Winters difficulty index
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dow University of Health Sciences
Adverse Effect of Other General Anesthetics, Sequela
Automated Assessment of Difficult Airway With Facial Recognition Techniques
General anaesthesia mandates artificial ventilation and tracheal intubation in order to provide patients with artificial breathing.
- Trial name
- PeScho (NCT02022397)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lausanne Hospitals
Difficult Intubation
Evaluation of Videolaryngoscopes in Difficult Airway (SWIVITII)
In this second phase of the multicenter study the investigators are going to evaluate the use of three different videolaryngoscopes in patients undergoing elective surgery requiring general anesthesia with intubation.
- Trial name
- SWIVITII (NCT02088801)
- Testing
- Airtraq, blade without channel for tracheal tube intubation, KingVision , blade without channel for tracheal tube intubation, A.P. Advance, blade without channel for tracheal tube intubation
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 480 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer
Evaluation of Endoscopic Management of Sinonasal Tumors In Difficult Anatomical Locations
Research outcome measures: 1. Primary (main): To Evaluate the Gross Total Resection Rate Using Endoscopic Approach for Lesions Extended To Anatomically Challenging Areas 2. Secondary (subsidiary): 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07512466
- Testing
- endoscopic approch
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Difficult Intubation
Facial Analysis to Classify Difficult Intubation
The aim of this project is to develop a computer algorithm that can accurately predict how easy or difficult it is to intubate a patient based upon digital photographs from three different perspectives.
- Trial name
- NCT01612949
- Testing
- photographing head and neck
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Constipation, Signs and Symptoms
Tolerability and Functional Assessment of a Novel Children's Synbiotic
Recent data support the use of specific probiotic strains in a pediatric population. However, given the wide number of commercial products available, and contradictory data in the literature, healthcare providers and consumers…
- Conditions
- Constipation, Signs and Symptoms, Digestive Signs and Symptoms, Infrequent or Difficult Evacuation
- Trial name
- PDS-08™ (NCT04534036)
- Testing
- PDS-08
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seed Health
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Hearing Loss
Evaluation of the CochSyn Device in Clinical Practice
This study investigates a new type of auditory evoked brain potentials for the quantification and classification of peripheral hearing damage (The CochSyn Test).
- Conditions
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural, Cochlear Hearing Loss, Cochlear Synaptopathy, DFNA9
- Trial name
- Earditech 2 (NCT07091071)
- Testing
- CochSyn device
- Where
- 3 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Airway Complication of Anesthesia
Diagnostic Values of Physical Examination and Ultrasonographic Measurements in Predicting Difficult Airways
This study evaluates the effectiveness of ultrasonographic measurements compared to traditional physical examination tests in predicting difficult airways.
- Trial name
- NCT06611917
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Difficult Airway
Difficult Airway and Ultrasonographic Evaluation
In this study, it was planned to evaluate the preoperative neck ultrasonography measurements as a predictor of difficult airway in adult patients who will undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia.
- Trial name
- NCT05347121
- Testing
- difficult airway
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli University
Inflammatory Arthritis
Inflammatory Arthritis and Difficulty at Work
Despite biologic drugs and improvements of inflammatory arthritis (IA) treatment, many patients with inflammatory arthritis still face increased absenteeism, reduced at-work productivity and report difficulties working and having…
- Trial name
- RENOIR (NCT04015960)
- Testing
- no intervention
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lorraine
Airway Obstruction, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Relationship Between STOP BANG Score and Airway Management
Nowadays, anesthetists may encounter many patients who are not diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) to undergo elective surgery.
- Conditions
- Airway Obstruction, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Hypoxia
- Trial name
- NCT05640856
- Testing
- intubation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 1 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University
Pulp and Periapical Tissue Disease
Comparative Analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy and Case Difficulty Assessment of Three Large Language Models
This prospective, blinded diagnostic accuracy study aims to compare the performance of three large language models-ChatGPT (GPT-5.5 Pro), Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Claude Opus 4.7-in endodontic diagnosis and case difficulty assessment.
- Trial name
- NCT07732985
- Testing
- ChatGPT (GPT-5.5 Pro), Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Opus 4.7
- Volunteers
- 342 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Anesthesia Intubation Complication, Infant
Evaluation of the Relationship Between Airway Measurements and Laryngoscopic View in Newborn and Infants
Background and Aim: The overall incidence of difficult laryngoscopy in pediatric anesthesia is lower than in adults, but this risk is higher in patients younger than one year of age.
- Conditions
- Anesthesia Intubation Complication, Infant, Newborn
- Trial name
- NCT03920748
- Testing
- Group D, Group E
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ankara Children's Health and Diseases Hematology and Oncology Training and Research Hospital
Emotion Regulation Difficulties, Risky Behaviors
Emotion Regulation for Middle Schoolers
Early adolescence (ages 11-14) is a key developmental period repeatedly coupled with the onset of mental health problems. Middle schools provide a naturalistic setting in which to implement programming to prevent the development…
- Trial name
- iTRAC+ (NCT07749885)
- Testing
- iTRAC+, iTRAC
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 990 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oregon
Difficult Airway Intubation
New Method for Evaluation of Difficult Intubation in Adults
There are multiple scores used for airway assesment ,the commonest one is LEMON score. LEMON is an airway assessment score that measures factors associated with difficult intubation such as obesity, head and neck movement, jaw…
- Trial name
- intubation (NCT07461792)
- Testing
- evaluation of difficult intubation
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sohag University
Reintegration Difficulties, Health
National Sponsorship Program for Transitioning Service Members
Background: The United States is undergoing a suicide epidemic for its youngest Veterans (18-to-34-years-old) as their suicide rate has almost doubled since 2001.
- Conditions
- Reintegration Difficulties, Health, Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors, Connectedness
- Trial name
- NCT05224440
- Testing
- Veteran Sponsorship Initiative
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Dyspraxia
Exploring the Impact and Feasibility of a Pathway to Sport and Long-term Participation in Young People
The importance of play and physical activity include its many benefits on positively improving health and well-being, enhancing children's and young people's thinking and performance in school, improving their sleep and enabling…
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT02517333)
- Testing
- EPIC Club
- Where
- 5 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
Awake Intubation, Advanced Airway Techniques
Expected Difficult Airway Management
In this study, the investigators will evaluate the advanced airway methods applied in the anesthesiology and reanimation clinic of the hospital to patients who met the criteria for awake intubation specified in the ASA 2022…
- Trial name
- NCT06279416
- Testing
- fiberoptic intubation, laryngeal mask airway-mediated aintree catheter, videolaryngoscopy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kocaeli City Hospital