Silent danger: many tracheostomy complications in kids show no warning signs
NCT ID NCT07121517
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at children with tracheostomies to see if serious airway problems can be spotted early by symptoms parents or doctors notice. Researchers will compare these symptoms with what a camera inside the airway (endoscopy) finds. The goal is to understand how reliable symptom reports are for catching complications early.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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.
Who is studied
Children below the age of 18 with tracheostomy undergoing follow-up through the Long term Intensive Care Unit at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm Sweden scheduled for surveillance airway endoscopy between sept 2025 and sept 2027. This includes the majority of children with tracheostomy in Sweden. Patients undergo airway endoscopy 1-2 times per year. One patient may be included more than one time. Estimated population size is approximately 100.
- Ages
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Up to 18 years
- 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: All children, with tracheostomy, under the age of 18, undergoing scheduled surveillance airway endoscopy in anaesthesia as part of their regular follow-up at the Long term Intensive Care unit (LIVA) at Karolinska University Hospital are eligible for inclusion. Patients may be included several times during the study period. Exclusion criteria: All patients undergoing airway endoscopy that is not part of the surveillance airway endoscopy program will be excluded. Thus, emergency endoscopies are not included in this study.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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LIVA, Barn PMI, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Solna
RECRUITINGSolna, 17176, Sweden
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