Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Endotracheal Intubation of Obese Patients: a Prospective Randomized Trial

NCT07004621 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1072.6120.135.2023 (Cracow)
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 268
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to either a Macintosh laryngoscope group ("Macintosh group") or a videolaryngoscope group ("Video group").

Conditions

Intubating Laryngeal Airway

Keywords

laryngoscopy; tracheal intubation; o besity patients ,; v ideolaryngoscopes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• determine whether modern technologies such as videolaryngoscopy shorten intubation time.

  measurment of intubation time in seconds

  1 day

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• complications

  1 day

Study Arms (2)

Conventional

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

traditional laryngoscope for the first laryngoscopy

Other: measurment of intubation time in seconds

Video-Laryngoscope

EXPERIMENTAL

video laryngoscope will be used to intubate half of the people

Other: measurment of intubation time in seconds

Interventions

measurment of intubation time in seconds OTHER

determine whether modern technologies such as videolaryngoscopy shorten intubation time.

Conventional; Video-Laryngoscope

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may not qualify if:

• Patient's refusal to participate.
• Known allergy to drugs used during anaesthesia.
• Chronic pain syndromes.
• Chronic opioid use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jagiellonian University: lead

Study Sites (1)

SP ZOZ Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie

Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 30-688, Poland

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Yumul R, Elvir-Lazo OL, White PF, Sloninsky A, Kaplan M, Kariger R, Naruse R, Parker N, Pham C, Zhang X, Wender RH. Comparison of three video laryngoscopy devices to direct laryngoscopy for intubating obese patients: a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Anesth. 2016 Jun;31:71-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2015.12.042. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

  PMID: 27185681 BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD PhD

Model Details: The study group will be male and female patients, ASA II or III, over 18 years of age and under 75 years of age. Each patient will undergo abdominal (bariatric) surgery.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 26, 2025
• First Posted: June 4, 2025
• Study Start: March 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 31, 2024
• Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PL (1)