NCT03165461: IKING

Evaluation of the Use of Tracheal Intubation Through a Laryngeal Tube to Intubate Anesthetized Patients

Completed Last updated 11 May 2018

What this trial tests

trial in Airway Obstruction in 34 participants. Completed in 30 September 2017.

Timeline

26 May 2017

Primary endpoint
31 August 2017

30 September 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Formacion Internacional para la Docencia e Investigación de la Vía Aérea
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	34
Start date	26 May 2017
Primary completion	31 August 2017
Estimated completion	30 September 2017
Sites	1 location across Spain

Conditions studied

• Airway Obstruction — all drugs for Airway Obstruction →
• Difficult Intubation — all drugs for Difficult Intubation →

Sponsor

Formacion Internacional para la Docencia e Investigación de la Vía Aérea

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Airway Obstruction or Difficult Intubation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Failed intubation is currently one of the most important factors leading to morbidity and mortality in anesthesia.

The development of supraglottic airway devices (SGDs), such as the intubating laryngeal tube, has revolutionized airway management, as these devices allow adequate ventilation and oxygenation in situations where ventilation and/or intubation via conventional means pose a challenge. Several publications describe the usefulness of such devices for salvaging ventilation in patients that cannot be intubated with direct laryngoscopy or who cannot be ventilated with a facemask. In these salvage situations, SGDs are highly effective in achieving adequate patient oxygenation.

Achieving effective oxygenation with an SGD and completely isolating the airway by intubation at the same time. This is now possible thanks to the so called supraglottic intubation devices (SGIDs). For that reason, we believe it is necessary to conduct a study that allows evaluation of the performance of this device in the context of daily clinical practice.

Its design characteristics, its capacity to be used in intubation applications, its soft and atraumatic materials as well as its disposability augur this product a significant expansion in the next few years. Nonetheless, no data are available on the success of intubation when the intubating laryngeal tube suction device (ILTSD) is used. The idea behind this study is to assess the possibilities to use the ITLSD device to intubate patients in regular anesthetic practice.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.