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Bougie or Stylet In Patients Undergoing Intubation Emergently (BOUGIE)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03928925

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Official title

Bougie or Stylet In Patients Undergoing Intubation Emergently (BOUGIE): a Randomized, Multi-center Trial

Brief summary

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Complications are common during tracheal intubations performed outside of the operating room. Successful intubation on the first attempt has been associated with a lower rate of procedural complications, but the proportion of critically ill patients intubated on the first attempt during tracheal intubations outside of the operating room is less than 90%. The bougie, a thin semi-rigid tube that can be placed into the trachea, allowing a Seldinger-like technique of intubating a patient's airway, has been traditionally reserved for difficult or failed airways. However, a recent single center trial of adult patients intubated in an emergency department demonstrated that use of the bougie on the first attempt improved intubation success, compared to use of a traditional stylet. Theinvestigators propose a multi-center randomized trial to compare first-attempt bougie use versus endotracheal tube with stylet use for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults in the ED and ICU.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03928925
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
1,106 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Apr 28, 2019
Primary completion
Feb 13, 2021
Completion
Mar 12, 2021
Last update posted
Mar 21, 2021

2019 – 2021

United States locations

U.S. sites
11
U.S. states
8
U.S. cities
9
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama 35233
University of Colorado Denver Colorado 80045
Denver Health and Hospital Authority Denver Colorado 80204
University of Iowa Hospital Iowa City Iowa 52242
Louisiana State University School of Medicine New Orleans Louisiana 70112
Ochsner Medical Center | Ochsner Health System New Orleans Louisiana 70112
Lincoln Medical Center The Bronx New York 10451
Duke University Medical Center Durham North Carolina 27710
Wake Forest Baptist Health Lexington North Carolina 27292
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville Tennessee 37209
Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington Seattle Washington 98104

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