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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 12 February 2013
Main ID:  ISRCTN50146191
Date of registration: 30/03/2009
Primary sponsor: General Hospital of Athens (Greece)
Public title: Comparison of the standard polyvinyl chloride tracheal tubes and the straight reinforced tracheal tubes for tracheal intubation through different sizes of the Airtraq™ laryngoscope in anesthetised and paralysed patients N/A
Scientific title: Comparison of the standard Polyvinyl chloride tracheal tubes and the straight reinforced tracheal tubes for tracheal intubation through different sizes of the Airtraq™ laryngoscope in anesthetised and paralysed patients; a prospective randomised study
Date of first enrolment: Mar 1 2007
Target sample size: 300
Recruitment status: Completed/Not recruiting
URL:  http://isrctn.org/ISRCTN50146191
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised controlled trial  
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name: Vasilios  Dimitriou
Address:  Department of Anaesthesia General Hospital of Athens 154, Mesogion Avenue 11475 Athens Greece
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Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Both males and females, aged 22-75 years
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I-III
3. Scheduled for surgical procedures requiring tracheal intubation

Exclusion criteria: 1. Increased risk or history of difficult intubation
2. History of gastric aspiration
3. History of relevant drug allergy


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Tracheal intubation
Intervention(s)
The study was conducted in the General Hospital of Athens from March 2007 to January 2009. In total, 347 participants were enrolled into the study.

The participants were randomly allocated (using sealed envelopes) to the following three arms:
1. Intubation with PVC tracheal tubes (PVCT)
2. Intubation with standard wire-reinforced tracheal tubes (RFT)
3. Intubation with silicone wire-reinforced tubes (RFST)

Two sizes of AL were available (7.0-8.5 ID and 6.0-7.5 ID). The sizes of AL and tracheal tube were chosen according to the weight, height and sex of each patient.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Rate of successful intubation
2. Impact of AL size, tube size and type on intubation angle
Secondary Outcome(s)
Factors affecting successful intubation with straight reinforced tubes through the Airtraq™ laryngoscope.
Secondary ID(s)
anesth2008/01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
1. General Hospital of Athens, Department of Anaesthesia (Greece) 2. Nutri Medica (representative of Prodol Ltd in Greece) provided the Airtraq™ devices free of charge for use in the study
Secondary Sponsor(s)
N/A
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