Feasibility and Safety of the Airway Exchange Broncholaryngoscope (AEBLScope)
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Southern California
About this trial
This pilot study evaluates the safety and feasibility of a novel airway exchange broncholaryngoscope (AEBLScope) during routine tracheostomy tube exchanges in chronically tracheostomy-dependent adult outpatients.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years
Chronically (>1 month) tracheostomy-dependent outpatients
Currently not requiring ventilatory or supplemental oxygen support
Have undergone at least one prior tracheostomy tube exchange
Disqualifiers
Active respiratory infection
Patients with airway tubes having an inner diameter less than 6.0 mm
Patients with preexisting pulmonary conditions, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), restrictive lung disease, untreated pneumonia, or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Patients who are tracheostomy-dependent but cannot be orotracheally intubated.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Airway-Exchange Broncholaryngoscope (AEBLScope)
Treatment groups
10 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov