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Massive study aims to reduce risks when kids need breathing tubes

NCT ID NCT02493478

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tracks a quality improvement project across many children's hospitals to see if new safety steps reduce complications when placing breathing tubes in children. Researchers will compare the number of tube-related problems before and after the changes. Up to 150,000 children in ICUs and emergency rooms will be observed.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to safer intubation practices and fewer complications for children in intensive care.
What could go wrong
This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may vary across different hospitals.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 150,000 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Start date

Mar 2010

Expected to finish

Jan 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

All advanced airway events (tracheal intubations, laryngeal mask placement, emergency tracheostomy and cricothyrotomy) in PICUs, CICUs, NICUs, DRs and EDs during study period. Information regarding airway management events as well as select information regarding circumstances up to the event will be collected.

Ages

Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Primary advanced airway events (on patients of all ages) in the PICU, CICU, NICU, DR and ED including: Tracheal Intubation, Laryngeal mask placement, Emergency tracheostomy and/or cricothyrotomy * Failed extubation attempts or unplanned extubations that require re-intubation will be considered a new primary intubation. Exclusion Criteria: * Primary advanced airway events (tracheal intubations, laryngeal mask placement, emergency tracheostomy and/or cricothyrotomy) in the Operating Suites.

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Failed or difficult intubation, sequela Intubation complication Intubation;difficult

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    87 sites in 11 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Ōbu, Japan

  • Akron Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Akron, Ohio, 44308, United States

  • Albany Medical College

    RECRUITING

    Albany, New York, 12208, United States

  • Alberta Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, T3B 6A9, Canada

  • American Family Children's Hospital - University of Wisconsin

    RECRUITING

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • Arkansas Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Little Rock, Arkansas, 72202, United States

  • Aster Hospitals - India

    RECRUITING

    Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560078, India

  • Bambino Gesu

    SUSPENDED

    Roma, 00165, Italy

  • Baylor - Christus Children's - Main Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Irving, Texas, 75039, United States

  • Baylor - Christus Children's - Stone Oak

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78258, United States

  • Baylor - Christus Children's - Westover Hills

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78251, United States

  • Baystate Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Springfield, Massachusetts, 01199, United States

  • Beacon Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    South Bend, Indiana, 46601, United States

  • Boston Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

  • British Columbia Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4, Canada

  • CHU Sainte-Justine

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C4, Canada

  • CHU Sainte-Justine

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, QC H3T 1C5, Canada

  • Cardiff & Vale University Health Board

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Cardiff, Wales, CF14 4XW, United Kingdom

  • Children's Hospital - Penn State Hershey

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Children's Hospital and Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Omaha, Nebraska, 68114, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Atlanta - Scottish Rite

    SUSPENDED

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Central California

    SUSPENDED

    Madera, California, 93636, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Georgia

    RECRUITING

    Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    SUSPENDED

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU

    SUSPENDED

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States

  • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

    SUSPENDED

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55404, United States

  • Children's of Alabama at Birmingham

    RECRUITING

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Cleveland Clinic Childrens Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Cohen Children's Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03766, United States

  • Dell Children's Medical Center - Ascension

    RECRUITING

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Duke Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Emory University

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Foothills Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9, Canada

  • Gillette Children's Specialty Health

    SUSPENDED

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55101, United States

  • Hasbro Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, United States

  • Hiroshima University

    RECRUITING

    Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Kobe, 650-0047, Japan

  • Jichi Medical University Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Shimotsuke, 329-0431, Japan

  • Johns Hopkins Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States

  • KK Women's & Children's Hospital, Singapore

    RECRUITING

    Singapore, 229899, Singapore

  • KK Women's and Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Singapore, 168753, Singapore

  • Kentucky Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Lexington, Kentucky, 40536, United States

  • Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Memphis, Tennessee, 38103, United States

  • Maria Fareri Children's Hospital (West Chester Medical)

    RECRUITING

    Valhalla, New York, 10595, United States

  • Medical City Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Dallas, Texas, 75230, United States

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    RECRUITING

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

  • Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität Wien)

    RECRUITING

    Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, Austria

  • Miami Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Miami, Florida, 33155, United States

  • Morristown Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07960, United States

  • National Center for Child Health and Development

    RECRUITING

    Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan

  • Nationwide Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Nemours Children's Health, Delaware

    RECRUITING

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell Medical College

    SUSPENDED

    New York, New York, 10065, United States

  • Northwestern Medicine Prentice Women's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • Norton Children's Hospital - University of Louisville

    RECRUITING

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • Oishei Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Buffalo, New York, 14222, United States

  • Oregon Health and Science University

    RECRUITING

    Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States

  • Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

  • Phoenix Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85006, United States

  • Rainbow Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Bangalore, 560092, India

  • Riley Hospital for Children

    RECRUITING

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Herston, 4006, Australia

  • Saitama Children's Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Saitama, 350-0451, Japan

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States

  • Starship Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Auckland, 1023, New Zealand

  • Stony Brook Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

  • The Children's Hospital at Montefiore

    SUSPENDED

    The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States

  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

    RECRUITING

    Parkville, 3052, Australia

  • The University of Manitoba

    RECRUITING

    Winnipeg, B R3T 2N2, Canada

  • The University of Vermont Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States

  • Tokyo Metropolitan

    RECRUITING

    Tokyo, 163-8001, Japan

  • UVA Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States

  • University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Luebeck, Children's Hospital

    SUSPENDED

    Lübeck, 23562, Germany

  • University of Colorado Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

  • University of Maryland

    SUSPENDED

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21230, United States

  • University of Rochester at Golisano Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

  • University of Wisconsin - American Family Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin, 53792, United States

  • University of Wisconsin - UnityPoint Meriter

    RECRUITING

    Madison, Wisconsin, 53715, United States

  • WakeMed

    RECRUITING

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27610, United States

  • WakeMed Health & Hospitals

    RECRUITING

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27610, United States

  • Yale New Haven Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

  • Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

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