Recruiting

GlideScope vs. Airway Scope

Sponsor:

University of New Mexico

Code:

NCT07453563

Conditions

Intratracheal Inbubation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Intubation with GlideScope

Intubation with Airway Scope

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study compares the time required to complete intubation in obese patients (Body Mass Index 40 or greater) when using either the GlideScope or Airway Scope video laryngoscope device to help place the endotracheal tube.

Conditions

Intratracheal Inbubation

Study ID

NCT07453563

Start date

Jul 13, 2026

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Mar, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Mar, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult (age ≥18 years)
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥40
  • Scheduled for surgery with general anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Congenital facial or airway anomalies
  • History of major neck surgery or tracheostomy
  • History of any lung diseases/conditions such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, lung resection, or lung cancer
  • History of cardiac failure or myocardial infarction
  • Prisoners

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: GlideScope Arm

Intubation with GlideScope

experimental: Airway Scope Arm

Intubation with Airway Scope

Interventions

Intubation with GlideScope

Intubation performed by anesthesiologist using the GlideScope video laryngoscope device

Intubation with Airway Scope

Intubation performed by anesthesiologist using the Airway Scope video laryngoscope device

Primary outcome measure

  • Intubation completion time [ Time Frame: Perioperative/Periprocedural ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Yuta Kashiwagi, MD

505-272-2610YKashiwagi@salud.unm.edu

Locations

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Recruiting

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, 87131

Contacts

Yuta Kashiwagi, MD

505-272-2610YKashiwagi@salud.unm.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of New Mexico

Last update posted

Aug 14, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of New Mexico on 2026-08-14.