Comparing Ease of Endotracheal Intubation Using C Blade and D Blade of CMAC Videolaryngoscope in Patients Undergoing Elective Cervical Spine Surgery

NCT05561231 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: EC/182/2018
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 68
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was done to compare the ease of tracheal intubation using the conventional C blade and the D blade of CMAC videolaryngoscope in patients undergoing cervical spine surgery.

Conditions

Cervical Spine Instability

Keywords

Manual in-line stabilisation; C blade; D blade

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Time taken for successful intubation

  Comparing the time taken for successful intubation using the C blade and D blade of CMAC videolaryngoscope in patients with manual in-line stabilisation of the cervical spine

  During procedure

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Time taken to obtain the best Cormack-Lehane grade

  During procedure

• Number of attempts, external manouvres, complications

  During procedure

Study Arms (2)

Group C

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Group of patients intubated with C blade of CMAC videolaryngoscopes

Procedure: Intubation with C blade

Group D

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Group of patients intubated with D blade of CMAC videolaryngoscope

Procedure: Intubation with D blade

Interventions

Intubation with C blade PROCEDURE

Intubation with C blade of CMAC videolaryngoscope

Group C

Intubation with D blade PROCEDURE

Intubation with D blade of CMAC videolaryngoscope

Group D

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with ASA (American Society of Anaesthesiology) grade one and two,
• aged 18 years and older,
• Patients with mouth opening more than two and a half fingers (inter-incisor distance \>3cm)

You may not qualify if:

• Patients who were unwilling to be a part of the study,
• patients with any oral pathology, hiatus hernia, pregnant women,
• patients with severe systemic diseases

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai: lead

Study Sites (1)

Seth GSMC and KEM Hospital

Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400012, India

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Hazarika H, Saxena A, Meshram P, Kumar Bhargava A. A randomized controlled trial comparing C Mac D Blade and Macintosh laryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation in patients undergoing surgeries for head and neck cancer. Saudi J Anaesth. 2018 Jan-Mar;12(1):35-41. doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_239_17.

  PMID: 29416454 BACKGROUND

• Sinha R, Ray BR, Sharma A, Pandey RK, Punj J, Darlong V, Trikha A. Comparison of the C-MAC video laryngoscope size 2 Macintosh blade with size 2 C-MAC D-Blade for laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation in children with simulated cervical spine injury: A prospective randomized crossover study. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Oct-Dec;35(4):509-514. doi: 10.4103/joacp.JOACP_106_18.

  PMID: 31920236 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Intubation

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapeutics; Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Sandhya N Narayanan P, MD

  Seth GSMC and KEMH Mumbai

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principle investigator

Model Details: Prospective single blinded randomised controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 27, 2022
• First Posted: September 30, 2022
• Study Start: November 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2019
• Study Completion: November 1, 2019
• Last Updated: September 30, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IN (1)