NCT03169556

Comparison of Conventional Lightwand Intubation Versus Video-laryngoscope Guided Lightwand Intubation in Simulated Cervical Spine-immobilized Patients

Completed NA Last updated 30 October 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Video-laryngoscope guided lightwand in General Anesthesia in 318 participants. Completed in 13 October 2017.

Timeline

19 December 2016

Primary endpoint
13 October 2017

13 October 2017

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Yonsei University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	318
Start date	19 December 2016
Primary completion	13 October 2017
Estimated completion	13 October 2017
Sites	1 location across South Korea

Drugs / interventions tested

• Video-laryngoscope guided lightwand
• lightwand alone

Conditions studied

• General Anesthesia — all drugs for General Anesthesia →

Sponsor

Yonsei University

Who can join

Adults 20 to 80, any sex, with General Anesthesia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Among advanced intubation equipment for difficult intubation, a lighted stylet (lightwand) is a widely used equipment in cervical immobilized patients. However, a lightwand, which is used blind, is difficult to make midline positioning and can increase airway complications and hemodynamic changes. In contrast, videolaryngoscope can view vocal cord indirectly through camera, however, it requires cervical movement. Therefore, investigator hypothesized that the combined use of video-laryngoscope and lightwand for intubation can improve the efficacy of intubation compared to the use of lightwand alone in cervical immobilized patients.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Comparison between use of single lightwand and video laryngoscope-guided lightwand for tracheal intubation in simulated cervical spine-immobilized patients: a single-blind randomized study.
   Kim HY, Kim EJ, Yoon HJ, Ko B, et al · · 2019 · PMID 31550951 · DOI 10.1177/0300060519873752