Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block For Awake Endotracheal Intubation Study

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Awake Endotracheal Intubation, Difficult Intubation, Airway Anesthesia

In brief

Awake tracheal intubation is the standard management for patients as risk for airway compromise. It is also commonly done in cases where there is significant cervical spine pathology i.e. cervical myelopathy or instability. The anesthetic technique used for the awake intubation is crucial to the patient's safety. One of the most important aspects of the anesthetic technique is airway anesthesia prior to placement of an endotracheal tube. The superior laryngeal nerve is responsible for mediating the cough reflex around the vocal cords. The investigators have developed an approach to reliably block the superior laryngeal nerve by injecting local anesthetic near the nerve in a unique approach. Injecting local anesthetic into or through the thyrohyoid membrane will effectively block the superior laryngeal nerve

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01848548

Run by

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

People needed

25

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2017-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients between the ages of 18-80 requiring an awake intubation for endotracheal intubation.
• Ability to speak and understand English

You may not qualify if…

• Allergy to lidocaine
• Emergent operative case
• Therapeutic anticoagulation
• Mouth opening less than 2 cm

Where it is running

• Wake Forest Baptist Health — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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