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Intubation, IntratrachealE-MACNCT03420027

Prehospital and Emergency Feasibility of MACOCHA Score Assessment to Predict Difficult Tracheal Intubation

An observational study of Intubation, Intratracheal and Emergency Medicine, run by Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans at 1 site in France.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

A seven-item simplified score (the MACOCHA score) has been validated to predict difficult tracheal intubation in intensive care unit patients. In the prehospital or in the emergency department settings, no such validated predictive score is available yet. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Intubation, Intratracheal, Emergency Medicine
What is being tested?
questionnaire to be filled in by investigators
How many people
168 participants
Where
1 siteFrance
Study dates
1 Mar 2018to 7 Jun 2019
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients will be adult patients requiring emergent tracheal intubation for acute respiratory failure, coma, or shock, while cared for by an Emergency Physician either in the prehospital setting or in the hospital Emergency Department.

Who may be able to join

  • Patient ≥ 18 yrs
  • Patient who have to undergo rapid sequence tracheal intubation as judged by the Emergency Physician

Who cannot join

  • Pregnancy
  • Cardiac arrest of any cause as the indication for intubation
  • Patient or next-of-kin declining participation

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

France1 site
  • CHR d'Orléans

    Orléans, 45067

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About this study

Official title: Evaluation of the Feasibility of the MACOCHA Score and Indication of Endotracheal Intubation in Prehospital and Emergency Room: a Prospective Observational Study

A seven-item simplified score (the MACOCHA score) has been validated to predict difficult tracheal intubation in intensive care unit patients. In the prehospital or in the emergency department settings, no such validated predictive score is available yet. The aim of the present study is to assess the feasibility the quick calculation of the MACOCHA score before emergent intubation, in the prehospital and emergency department contexts.

Read the detailed description

All patients who will have to undergo emergent tracheal intubation for any reason in the prehospital context or at the emergency department at a single 1100-bed regional and teaching hospital in France, will be included in this observational, prospective study, provided that neither the patient him/herself, if capable, or next-of-kin if present have declined participation.

Items of the MACOCHA score will be recorded before intubation by investigators, who are all certified emergency physicians skilled with urgent tracheal intubation.

For any intubation procedure, either in the out-of-hospital context or in the Emergency Department, one of these emergency physicians is always present.

The feasibility the quick MACOCHA score calculation before urgent intubation will be assessed by the number and percentages of patients for whom all the seven items of the score have been collected.

Being tested
questionnaire to be filled in by investigators
Keywords
predictive score, difficult intubation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • questionnaire to be filled in by investigatorsOther

    A simple seven-item questionnaire will be filled in by the investigator before performing urgent tracheal intubation. This intubation, which will be performed as done in routine care, does not constitute a study specific intervention

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. number of missing items of the MACOCHA score

    The MACOCHA score is a predictive score of difficult intubation in intensive care to anticipate and prepare the appropriate equipment, possibly use an alternative strategy of intubation and call for help to reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality.

    The MACOCHA score involves various simple assessment items: a Mallampati III or IV, a sleep apnea syndrome, a decrease in cervical mobility, a mouth opening <3cm, a coma defined by a Glasgow score <8, severe hypoxemia, and if the practitioner is not anesthetist.

    Missing items are defined as those for which relevant information cannot be collected before intubation.

    Measured: 5 minutes

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. Adverse events

    occurrence of any adverse event during and 30 minutes after intubation

    Measured: 30 min

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Feb 2018
  2. Study start1 Mar 2018
  3. Primary completion7 Jun 2019
  4. Study completion7 Jun 2019

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
168 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03420027
Sponsor's protocol ID
CHRO-2017- 14
Other IDs
2017-A02885-48 (IDRCB number)
Acronym
E-MAC
Status last verified
Jun 2019
First submitted
28 Jan 2018
Last updated
10 Jun 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • De Jong A, Molinari N, Terzi N, Mongardon N, Arnal JM, Guitton C, Allaouchiche B, Paugam-Burtz C, Constantin JM, Lefrant JY, Leone M, Papazian L, Asehnoune K, Maziers N, Azoulay E, Pradel G, Jung B, Jaber S; AzuRea Network for the Frida-Rea Study Group. Early identification of patients at risk for difficult intubation in the intensive care unit: development and validation of the MACOCHA score in a multicenter cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Apr 15;187(8):832-9. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201210-1851OC.

    PubMed 23348979

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Intubation, Intratracheal and Emergency Medicine, run by Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans at 1 site in France.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Jun 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in France. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

number of missing items of the MACOCHA score (time frame: 5 minutes). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03420027, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Jun 2019.

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