Clinical trial · Interventional
Study to Compare the Effect of Two Different Types of Humidifier on the Endotracheal Tube Patency
NCT02780765CI-TRIAL-00034970completedN/AResults postedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
60 post operative patients who are kept intubated overnight \& are spontaneously breathing will be either supplied humidified oxygen Heated Humidifier(HH) or conventional mist nebulizer. Temperature of inspired gas at the Y piece will be measured. Sterile water will be used for HH \& Mist nebuliser. The suctioning of endotracheal tube (ETT) will be done once every 2 hourly by nurse/ doctor/trained personnel and additional suctioning if required.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer of Head and Neck | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| heated humidifier | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| mist humidifier | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Heated humidifier group
- description
- 30 postoperative patients with overnight endotracheal intubation will be supplied humidified oxygen using Heated Humidifier (HH). Temperature of inspired gas at the Y piece will be measured as surrogate marker for quality of humidification. The suctioning of ETT will be done once every 2 hourly by nurse/ doctor/trained personnel.
- interventionNames
- Device: heated humidifier
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Mist humidifier group
- description
- 30 postoperative patients with overnight endotracheal intubation will be supplied humidified oxygen using mist nebuliser. Temperature of inspired gas at the Y piece will be measured as surrogate marker for quality of humidification. The suctioning of ETT will be done once every 2 hourly by nurse/ doctor/trained personnel.
- interventionNames
- Device: mist humidifier
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. American Society of Anaesthesiologists (ASA) 1 and 2 adult Patients 2. Undergoing surgery for head and neck cancer 3. Requiring overnight endotracheal tube \& breathing spontaneously Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with major cardiac diseases( coronary artery disease, Valvular diseases) 2. Patients having gross chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis. 3. Smokers(abstinence period less than 3 months) 4. Patient in drugs having sialogogue properties. 5. Patient on drugs having anti-sialogogue properties
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