TEE and Dysphagia in Lung Transplantation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of California, Los Angeles
About this trial
The primary outcome of this study is dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) on postoperative speech and swallow evaluation following lung transplantation.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) (creates pictures of the heart from inside the participants body) is routinely performed for all lung transplantations at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and it is the standard of care. Patients are randomized to two groups. The intervention group would limit the number of TEE clips (# pictures taken) per case. The control group would leave the number of TEE clips to the discretion of the attending anesthesiologist.
The investigators hypothesize that reduction in TEE imaging during lung transplantation will reduce dysphagia.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult patients
Single or double lung transplantation
Disqualifiers
perforated esophagus;
esophageal stricture;
esophageal tumor; and
history of an esophagectomy
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) with limited number of TEE clips
- Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) with number of TEE clips per attending anesthesiologist
Treatment groups
116 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov