New airway combo may smooth waking from anesthesia
NCT ID NCT02708836
First seen Jul 17, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026
Summary
This study tests a technique that uses both a laryngeal mask airway and an endotracheal tube during laparoscopic surgery to limit coughing, straining, and restlessness when patients wake from anesthesia. The approach aims to combine the secure airway of an endotracheal tube with the smoother emergence seen with a laryngeal mask. Adults undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery are eligible to participate.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- a combined airway management technique using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and an endotracheal tube (ETT)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this technique could make waking up from anesthesia smoother and safer for patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study focused on a specific surgical setting, so results may not apply to other procedures or patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2020
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * ASA 1-3 * Patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who cannot provide consent * Individuals who would require translation services to provide consent * Prisoners * Parturients * Non-fasted patients (as per HMC Anesthesiology Department NPO policy) * Patients felt to be high risk for gastric reflux and pulmonary aspiration (those with gastroparesis, symptomatic GERD, etc.: at the discretion of primary anesthesia team) Those patients with anticipated difficult airway requiring maintenance of spontaneous ventilation (awake intubation)
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Penn State Health - Hershey Medical Center
RECRUITINGHershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States