GlideScope Groove vs. Standard GlideScope: A Non-inferiority Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Patients presenting for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation will be randomized to being intubated with either the GlideScope Groove video-laryngoscope or the standard GlideScope video-laryngoscope.

Detailed Description
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See above. The primary outcome is time to intubation.

Official Title
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Comparison of GlideScope Groove to Standard GlideScope for Orotracheal Intubation: A Non-inferiority Study

Conditions
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Intubation, Orotracheal

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: GlideScope Groove
* Device: Control: Standard GlideScope


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Any adult patient booked for elective surgery requiring orotracheal intubation. Exclusion Criteria: Any patient with cervical spine abnormalities. Any patients with known or probable difficult airways. Any patient requiring rapid sequence induction.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: GlideScope Groove<br>Patients will be intubated using the GlideScope Groove device. (Verathon) | Device: GlideScope Groove<br>* Patients will be intubated using the GlideScope Groove device. (Verathon)<br>* Other names: Verathon;|
| Active Comparator: Control: Standard GlideScope<br>Control: Patients will be intubated using standard practice, a standard GlideScope (Verathon) | Device: Control: Standard GlideScope<br>* Patients will be intubated using the standard GlideScope. (Verathon)<br>* Other names: Varathon;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Duration of Intubation | Duration of Intubation - Mask removal to ETCO2 confirmation | Day 1 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ease of intubation | Ease of intubation as noted by operator (measured on a 100 mm Visual Analogue Scale) | Day 1 | 
| Incidence of trauma | Incidence of trauma | Day 1 | 
| Number of failures to intubate | Number of failures to intubate | Day 1 | 
| Use of external laryngeal pressure | Use of external laryngeal pressure | Day 1 | 
| Laryngoscopic grade distribution | Laryngoscopic grade distribution according to Cormack and Lehane classification | Day 1 | 
| Sore Throat | Patients will be surveyed with respect to the incidence of post-operative sore throat. | Day 3 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Orotracheal intubation, videolaryngoscopy