Recruiting

Flex-it vs. GlideRite

Sponsor:

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Code:

NCT02177240

Conditions

Difficult Intubation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

GlideScope® intubation with Flex-it® stylet

GlideScope® intubation with GRS® stylet

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine if the Flex-it® Articulating Stylet or the GlideRite® Rigid Stylet is more effective and less traumatic in the context of difficult GlideScope® intubations.

Conditions

Difficult Intubation

Study ID

NCT02177240

Start date

May, 2014

Status verified date

Jun, 2014

Completion date

Sep, 2014

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2014

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ASA status 1-2
  • BMI < 35
  • Elective surgery
  • General Anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Difficult intubation
  • Indication for rapid sequence intubation
  • Contraindication for cervical collar

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: GRS (GlideRite®)

GlideScope® intubation with GRS® stylet of a simulated difficult airway

active comparator: FIS (Flex-it® )

GlideScope® intubation with Flex-it® stylet of a simulated difficult airway

Interventions

GlideScope® intubation with Flex-it® stylet

GlideScope® intubation with Flex-it® stylet of a simulated difficult airway

GlideScope® intubation with GRS® stylet

GlideScope® intubation with GRS® stylet of a simulated difficult airway

Primary outcome measure

  • Intubation time [ Time Frame: During intubation ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

John Viet Nguyen, MD

514-252-3400john.viet.nguyen@umontreal.ca

Issam Tanoubi, MD

514-252-3400

Locations

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Recruiting

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 2M4

Contacts

John Nguyen, MD

514-252-3400john.viet.nguyen@umontreal.ca

Issam Tanoubi, MD

514-252-3400

Principal Investigator:

John Viet Nguyen, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

Last update posted

Jun 27, 2014

Last verified

Jun, 2014

Keywords

  • GlideScope®
  • GlideRite®
  • Flex-it®
  • Difficult intubation

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital on 2014-06-27.