Red-Rubber Catheter to Facilitate Nasotracheal Intubation in Adult Patients

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Intubation;Difficult

In brief

This study was designed to compare the effectiveness of using a red-rubber catheter versus standard, direct insertion of a thermosoftened, lubricated nasal endotracheal tube into the naris to facilitate nasotracheal intubation in adults. This study will assess if the red-rubber catheter method leads to lower incidence and severity of epistaxis, faster time to intubation, and higher patient satisfaction compared to the current standard of care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03779984

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

112

Starts

2019-05-31

Expected to finish

2024-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-21

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age > 18, male and female
• Subjects undergoing surgery requiring NTI
• ASA 1-3

You may not qualify if…

• History of anticoagulant use or coagulopathy
• History of latex allergy
• History of difficult airway
• Anticipated difficult airway requiring awake intubation
• Abnormal anatomy of the nasal passage (due to prior trauma, surgery, congenital defects, etc.) or basilar skull fracture
• Patients unable to be placed in the sniffing position
• Morbid obesity with BMI > 40
• Pregnancy
• ASA 4

Where it is running

• Parkland Heath Hospital System — Dallas, Texas, United States
• MD Anderson Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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