NCT03480035

Ideal Point of Transluminal Light in Tracheal Intubation With a Light Wand

Completed Last updated 21 December 2018

What this trial tests

trial testing lightwand intubation in Neck Disease in 107 participants. Completed in 27 July 2018.

Timeline

6 March 2018

Primary endpoint
27 July 2018

27 July 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
Status	Completed
Study type	OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment	107
Start date	6 March 2018
Primary completion	27 July 2018
Estimated completion	27 July 2018
Sites	1 location across South Korea

Drugs / interventions tested

• lightwand intubation

Conditions studied

• Neck Disease — all drugs for Neck Disease →
• Trismus — all drugs for Trismus →
• Tooth Abnormalities — all drugs for Tooth Abnormalities →

Sponsor

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Neck Disease or Trismus. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

If the patients's teeth are weak or the mouth dose not open well, the lightwand is a useful device when endotracheal intubation is necessary.

Therefore, if the appropriate position of the light beam is determined and the distance of the light source suitable for intubation using the lightwand is obtained from anatomical structures such as thyroid cartilage and cricoid cartilage, it is clinically useful. Because it can prevent unnecessary deep insertion or shallow insertion that can cause damage to anatomical structures during intubation.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Evaluation of transmitted glow point at <i>a priori</i> chosen depth (1 cm below vocal cords) for lightwand intubation: a prospective observational study.
   Cho E, Kim HC, Lee JM, Park JH, et al · · 2020 · cited 2× · PMID 33284717 · DOI 10.1177/0300060520974249