New oxygen technique may improve safety during cancer diagnostic scopes
NCT ID NCT05696288
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 160 people with head and neck cancer who needed a diagnostic scope (panendoscopy) under anesthesia. Researchers compared standard oxygen therapy with a high-flow system called THRIVE to see which one better prevents drops in oxygen levels. The goal is to find a safer way to deliver oxygen during this common procedure.
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- 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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160 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients suffering from a head and neck cancer, most often tumor of the bucco-pharyngo-laryngeal cavities, having to carry out a diagnostic HN panendoscopy; * Patient over 18 years of age; * ASA \< 4; * BMI ≤ 45; * Patient willing and able to provide written informed consent for the trial;; * Patient affiliated with a health insurance system. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with a contraindication to the Optiflow™ system as defined in the manufacturer's brochure; * Patient with a tumor obstructing more than 80% of the glottic lumen; * Patient with impossible intubation criteria: * Mallampati 4 and mouth opening less than 20 mm * Retrognathia * Patient with: * A known intracranial pathology; * Documented pulmonary hypertension; * Uncontrolled epilepsy; * Uncontrolled heart rhythm disorder; * Pulmonary pathology with hypoxemia: Spo2 \<92% in ambient air; * Patient at high risk of a full stomach evaluated by the anesthetist; * ASA ≥ 4 * Morbid obesity with BMI\> 45; * Obstructive upper airway tumor with functional impact; * Known contraindication to propofol or alfentanil; * Panendoscopy procedure to be combined with an oesogastro-duodenal fibroscopy; * Vulnerable persons as defined by articles 64 and 68 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices : * In the case of incapacitated subjects who have not given, or have not refused to give, informed consent before the onset of their incapacity, a clinical investigation may be conducted only where, in addition to the conditions set out in Article 62(4) * Pregnant or breast-feeding women who do not fall under the provisions of Article 66 * Adults subject to a legal protection order or unable to give their consent.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Antoine Lacassagne
Nice, 06189, France
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