Comparison of Awake Tracheal Intubation Methods
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Conditions studied: Airway Management Assessment, Awake Endotracheal Intubation, Awake Fiberoptic Nasal Intubation, Videolaryngoscopy, Supraglottic Airway Device Insertion
In brief
The aim of this study was to compare three different awake tracheal intubation technique -fiberoptic bronchoscopy (ATI:FB), videolaryngoscopy (ATI:VL), and fiberoptic bronchoscopy via a supraglottic airway device (ATI:SAD)- in terms of success rates, intubation times, and complications. Additionally, the study aims to evaluate the reliability of the SAD-assisted ATI method and its potential to contribute to the literature.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07484841
- Run by
- Kocaeli City Hospital
- People needed
- 201
- Starts
- 2026-03-20
- Expected to finish
- 2028-06-20
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-20
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Adult patients aged 18 and older
- Patients classified as ASA I-II according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification
- Patients scheduled for elective surgery
- Patients expected to require difficult mask ventilation, difficult laryngoscopy, or difficult tracheal intubation; patients expected to have short apnea periods (Planjuan goiter); patients at risk of aspiration; patients expected to require difficult rescue techniques; and patients with a reported history of difficult intubation
- Patients scheduled for intubation using the awake tracheal intubation (ATI) method
- Individuals who have agreed to participate in the study by signing an informed consent form
You may not qualify if…
- Patients with a mouth opening <1.5 cm
- Patients requiring emergency intubation or emergency surgery (situations where there is insufficient time to administer ATI)
- Patients who cannot cooperate (mental incapacity, impaired consciousness, inability to communicate, etc.)
- Patients with known allergies to lidocaine or other local/topical anesthetic agents used
- Pregnancy
- Patients with a history of severe cardiac arrhythmia or hemodynamic instability (due to increased risk during intubation)
- Patients who have previously undergone tracheostomy or whose airway is technically obstructed due to anatomical deformity
- Patients who refuse to participate in the study or who do not provide informed consent
Where it is running
- Kocaeli City Hospital — İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey (Türkiye)
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