Effectiveness and Safety Study of Etomidate Versus Midazolam to Help Place a Breathing Tube Outside of the Hospital.

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Respiratory Failure

In brief

The objective of this study was to compare the utility of etomidate and midazolam in helping patients to relax when there was a need for the placement of a ventilation tube by medics who were transporting patients to a hospital in an ambulance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00248729

Run by

St. Luke's Hospital, Pennsylvania

Starts

2002-10-01

Expected to finish

2005-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-05-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Under the study protocol, all patients age 18 or over transported by the two participating ALS systems, requiring pre-hospital Sedation Facilitated Intubation, were eligible for participation.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria were pregnancy and age less than 18.

Where it is running

• St. Luke's Hospital — Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States

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