A Comparison of the Ease of Tracheal Intubation Using a McGrath MAC Laryngoscope and a Standard MacIntosh Laryngoscope

NCT ID: NCT01516164

Last Updated: 2014-10-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-03-31

Study Completion Date

2014-02-28

Brief Summary

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Videolaryngoscopes offer the potential to make tracheal intubation easier for the anaesthetist and less traumatic for the patient. This study aims to compare the intubation difficulty scores (a validated scoring system for ease of intubation) using the McGrath MAC as a videolaryngoscope, the McGrath MAC only as a direct laryngoscope (without video screen) and the MacIntosh laryngoscopes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tracheal Intubation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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MacIntosh

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Laryngoscopy

Intervention Type DEVICE

After establishing full monitoring, inducing general anaesthesia and ensuring paralysis laryngoscopy is performed and the patient's trachea intubated.

McGrath MAC direct

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Laryngoscopy

Intervention Type DEVICE

After establishing full monitoring, inducing general anaesthesia and ensuring paralysis laryngoscopy is performed and the patient's trachea intubated.

McGrath MAC indirect

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Laryngoscopy

Intervention Type DEVICE

After establishing full monitoring, inducing general anaesthesia and ensuring paralysis laryngoscopy is performed and the patient's trachea intubated.

Interventions

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Laryngoscopy

After establishing full monitoring, inducing general anaesthesia and ensuring paralysis laryngoscopy is performed and the patient's trachea intubated.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Elective procedure requiring oral tracheal tube intubation
* Over 16 years of age
* Airway assessment suggests to the anaesthetist that a standard MacIntosh laryngoscope approach to intubation would be appropriate.

Exclusion Criteria

* Emergency procedure
* Less than 16 years of age
* Unable to consent
* Requiring Rapid Sequence Induction (a specialised anaesthetic induction technique)
* Predicted difficult intubation
* Not suitable for the standardised induction technique
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NHS Tayside

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Claire Wallace

Dr Claire Wallace SpR Anaesthetics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Claire D Wallace, MBChB

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

NHS Tayside

Locations

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NHS Tayside

Tayside, Tayside, United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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United Kingdom

Other Identifiers

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2011AN04

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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