Status:

RECRUITING

Bougie Versus Endotracheal Tube Alone on First-attempt Intubation Success in Prehospital Emergency Intubation (BETA Trial)

Lead Sponsor:

Nantes University Hospital

Conditions:

Acute Respiratory Failure Requiring Intubation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Emergency intubation is routinely performed in the prehospital setting. Airway management in the prehospital setting has substantial challenges, such as hostile environment or lack of technical suppor...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Managed by a physician staffed mobile intensive care unit (MICU).
  • With an indication of emergency prehospital endotracheal intubation.

Exclusion

  • Pregnant women
  • Patients with a "not to be resuscitated" indication.
  • Patients with predictors of difficult intubation (that can be collected in the prehospital setting, including previous history of face, neck, throat surgery or pathology, limited mandibular protrusion, cervical spine trauma, facial trauma, ear-nose-throat malignancy, head or neck burns, history of previous difficult airways) for whom the use of a bougie is indicated on first intubation attempt.
  • Patients under guardianship, trusteeship or safeguard of justice and patients with no health insurance.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 26 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 31 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

710 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06307392

Start Date

March 26 2024

End Date

March 31 2027

Last Update

January 23 2026

Active Locations (10)

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Nantes University Hospital

Nantes, Loire Atlantique, France, 44093

2

CHU de Besançon

Besançon, France, 25000

3

CHU de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France, 33000

4

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63000