Ultrasound for Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02556853
• Date of registration: 20/09/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: 424 General Military Hospital
• Public title: Ultrasound for Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube
• Scientific title: Comparison Between Ultrasound and Clinical Assessment of the Correct Positioning of Left Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube
• Date of first enrolment: September 2015
• Target sample size: 5
• Recruitment status: Terminated
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02556853
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: Single (Participant).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Greece

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Surgery requiring placement of double-lumen endotracheal tube.

- ASA 1-3

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of difficult or impossible intubation.

- Clinical findings of possible difficult intubation according to the standard
preoperative airway assessment.

- Impossible placement of a double lumen tube



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Lung Ultrasound

Intervention(s)

Device: Determination of tube position by ultrasound.

Other: Determination of tube position by auscultation.

Primary Outcome(s)

Correct position of the tube (yes/no). [Time Frame: Within an average of 5 minutes after the placement of the double lumen tube]

Correct position of the tube by bronchoscopy (yes/no). [Time Frame: Within an average of 10 minutes after the placement of the double lumen tube.]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Time needed [Time Frame: Within an average of 10 minutes after the placement of the double lumen tube.]

Secondary ID(s)

14074

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors