Nasotracheal Intubation With VL vs DL in Infants Trial (NasoVISI)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05433155 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 27, 2022
Last Update Posted : December 6, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Intubation Complication Intubation; Difficult or Failed Hypoxia Hypoxemia Anesthesia Intubation Complication Pediatric HD | Device: Nasotracheal intubation | Not Applicable |
The primary objectives of the study are to compare the nasotracheal intubation (NTI) first attempt success rate using VL vs. DL in infants 0-365 days of age presenting for cardiothoracic surgery and cardiac catheterizations.
Secondary Objectives include the number of attempts for successful intubation; Incidence of failed NTI (conversion to oral intubation); Incidence of failure to intubate with assigned device; Incidence of complications over all attempts including non-severe and severe complications; Incidence of 1st-attempt complications; Need for cricoid pressure or external laryngeal manipulation, need for adjunct- (Magill forceps), rescue of one technique of the other, Percent of glottic opening (POGO) score less than 100%, intubation sequence exceeding 60 seconds and interaction analysis of weight group (i.e. ≤ median weight & > median weight (kg)), and by clinicians' experience with cardiac anesthesiology (i.e. Permanent full time team members & rotating team members) on the association between treatment and outcomes
Study Design: this is a prospective, randomized, multi-center parallel group trial
Setting/Participants: This will be a multi-center study. The target population will be infants 0-365 days of age scheduled for elective cardiothoracic surgery or cardiac catheterization requiring general anesthesia with NTI.
Study Interventions and Measures: The study intervention will be a 1:1 randomization to perform tracheal intubation with the Storz C-Mac Video Videolaryngoscopy (VL) or the Standard Direct Laryngoscope (DL).
Main study outcome measures are as follows:
- The first intubation attempt success rate with each device
- The number of attempts for successful intubation with each device
- Complications associated with intubation
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 1400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | Prospective, randomized, multi-center parallel group trial |
Masking: | Single (Participant) |
Masking Description: | Blinding of the device for clinicians and study staff is not feasible in this study. Participants will be blinded. The statisticians will be blinded at the time of generating the randomization schedule and remain blinded at the time of analysis. |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Nasotracheal Intubation With Videolaryngoscopy Versus Direct Laryngoscopy in Infants (NasoVISI) Trial |
Actual Study Start Date : | June 6, 2022 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 31, 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 31, 2025 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Videolaryngoscopy
Nasotracheal intubation performed with the Storz C-Mac Video Laryngoscope
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Device: Nasotracheal intubation
Nontracheal intubation using clinical standard videolaryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy |
Active Comparator: Direct Laryngoscopy
Nasotracheal Intubation performed with the standard clinical direct blades
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Device: Nasotracheal intubation
Nontracheal intubation using clinical standard videolaryngoscopy or direct laryngoscopy |
- VL first attempt success rate [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Number of attempts for successful intubation [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Incidence of failed NTI (conversion to oral intubation) [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Incidence of failure to intubate with assigned device [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Incidence of complications over all attempts including non-severe and severe complications [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Incidence of 1st-attempt complications [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Incidence of additional techniques [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review
- Interaction analysis of weight group and by clinicians' experience with cardiac anesthesiology on the association between treatment and outcomes [ Time Frame: 24 hours ]Direct observation of intubation in the OR and medical record review

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Day to 365 Days (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Males or females age 0 -365 days
- Scheduled for elective cardiothoracic surgery or cardiac catheterization procedures lasting longer than 30 minutes under general anesthesia where nasotracheal intubation will be performed by an anesthesiology clinician
- Plan to use a neuromuscular blocking drug prior to intubation as standard of care
- Parental/guardian permission (informed consent)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Less than 36 weeks gestation
- Less than 2 kg
- History of difficult intubation
- History of abnormal airway
- Predictive of difficult intubation upon physical examination
- Preoperative endotracheal tube or tracheostomy
- Emergency cases

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05433155
Contact: Susan Nicolson, MD | 2155901874 | nicolson@chop.edu | |
Contact: Paula Hu, MSPH | 2674262961 | hup@chop.edu |
United States, Colorado | |
Children's Hospital Colorado | Recruiting |
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045 | |
Contact: Mark Twite Mark.Twite@childrenscolorado.org | |
United States, District of Columbia | |
Children's National Medical Center | Not yet recruiting |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010 | |
Contact: Nina Deutsch 202-420-1187 ndeutsch@childrensnational.org | |
United States, Georgia | |
Emory University | Not yet recruiting |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322 | |
Contact: Laura Downey laura.ansley.downey@emory.edu | |
United States, Pennsylvania | |
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Recruiting |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104 | |
Contact: Susan Nicolson, MD 215-590-1874 nicolson@chop.edu | |
United States, Texas | |
Dell Children's Medical Center | Recruiting |
Austin, Texas, United States, 78723 | |
Contact: Erin Gottlieb erin.gottlieb@austin.utexas.edu | |
Children's Medical Center Dallas | Recruiting |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235 | |
Contact: Luis Zabala LUIS.ZABALA@childrens.com | |
Texas Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact: David Vener dfvener@texaschildrens.org | |
United States, Washington | |
Seattle Children's Hospital | Not yet recruiting |
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105 | |
Contact: Gregory Latham gregory.latham@seattlechildrens.org |
Principal Investigator: | Annery Garcia-Marcinikiewicz, MD | The Children Hospital of Philadelphia |
Responsible Party: | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05433155 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
22-019921 |
First Posted: | June 27, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 6, 2022 |
Last Verified: | December 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | No |
Laryngoscope Video Laryngoscope Direct Laryngoscope Nasotracheal Intubation First attempt success |
Intubation complications Intubation technical difficulties Randomization Multi-center |
Hypoxia Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory |