Recruiting

Coblator Wands

Sponsor:

Montefiore Medical Center

Code:

NCT07635719

Conditions

Tonsillectomy

Adenoidectomy

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 1 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

New Coblator Ablation Wands

Reprocessed Medline Coblator Ablation Wands

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will address the gap in coblator wands by comparing the performance of reprocessed coblator wands with new wands in terms of efficiency and technical issues. As part of the evaluation, the investigator team will conduct the technical performance of the life cycle assessment of reprocessed versus new coblation wands based on the methodology described in the literature (see References) in studies of laryngoscopes.

Conditions

Tonsillectomy

Adenoidectomy

Study ID

NCT07635719

Start date

Aug, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 1 - 18

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pediatric patients scheduled for tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy
  • Parental consent and child assent (when applicable)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: New Coblator Ablation Wands

active comparator: Reprocessed Coblator Ablation Wands

Interventions

New Coblator Ablation Wands

New, unused coblator ablation wands from Arthrocare

Reprocessed Medline Coblator Ablation Wands

Reprocessed coblator ablation wands from Medline

Primary outcome measure

  • Surgeon Comfort [ Time Frame: Following the procedure, up to 4 hours ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Hannah Collins

914-705-3215hannah.collins@einsteinmed.edu

Salma Ahsanuddin, MD

sahsanuddi@montefiore.org

Locations

Children's Hosptial at Montefiore

Recruiting

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467

Contacts

Hannah Collins

914-705-3215hannah.collins@einsteinmed.edu

Salma Ahsanuddin, MD

sahsanuddi@montefiore.org

More Information

Sponsor

Montefiore Medical Center

Last update posted

Jul 31, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Coblator wand
  • Product performance
  • Usability

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Montefiore Medical Center on 2026-07-31.