Breathing tube safety: can high flow nasal oxygen prevent oxygen crashes during intubation?
NCT ID NCT02700321
First seen Sep 14, 2026 · Last updated Sep 15, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial compares two ways to give oxygen before placing a breathing tube in intensive care patients who are not severely hypoxemic. Participants receive either high flow nasal cannula oxygen or a standard face mask for four minutes before intubation. Researchers measure the lowest oxygen level during the procedure to see which method keeps oxygen levels steadier.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- High flow nasal cannula oxygen
- What this could lead to
- If high flow nasal cannula oxygen works better, intensive care teams could use it to keep oxygen levels steadier during intubation, which may reduce complications from low oxygen.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single comparison in a specific group of patients who are not severely hypoxemic, so the results may not apply to sicker patients or other settings. The trial may find no meaningful difference between the two methods.
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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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192 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2016
- Finished
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Oct 2017
- 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: * Adults older than 18 years regardless of the gender * Requiring orotracheal intubation in intensive care unit * "No severely hypoxemic respiratory failure" defined as Oxygen Pression (Pa02)/FI02 \> 200 mmHg measured in the 4 hours before inclusion Exclusion Criteria: * Not the first Intubation during this stay in intensive care unit * Contraindication to oro-tracheal intubation * Intubation without anaesthesic rapid sequence induction * Intubation during cardiac arrest * Real emergency (as asphyxia) with immediate intubation needed (without time enough for randomization) * Nasopharyngeal obstacle with contraindication to use Optiflow device * Patients with a documented Cormack IV exposition before inclusion * Protected adult * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Lack of consent * Patient already enrolled in another study that could interfere with the primary objective of this study
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brest hospital, CHU La cavale Blanche, medical intensive care unit
Brest, 29609, France
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CHD LES OUDOUAIRIES Service de réanimation polyvalente
La Roche-sur-Yon, 85925, France
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Ch Le Mans
Le Mans, 72033, France
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Nantes University Hospital, Hôtel Dieu, Medical intensive care unit
Nantes, 44093, France
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Nantes University hospital, Hôpital Laennec, pneumology intensive care unit
Saint-Herblain, 44800, France
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Nantes university hospital, hôtel Dieu, Anesthesia intensive care unit
Nantes, 44093, France
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Rennes university hospital, Hôpital Pontchaillou, medical intensive care unit
Rennes, 35033, France
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Tours university hospital, hôpital Bretonneau, medical intensive care unit
Tours, 37044, France