Facial Analysis for Predicting Intubation Difficulty
Facial Analysis to Classify Difficult Intubation
Recruiting
Observational Study
Difficult Intubation
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
No Study Drug
Researchers observe your health over time — no experimental treatment is given.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 99
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Observational
- Participants needed
- 3,500 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Other
Who this trial is looking for
This trial is looking for patients who need a tube placed in their airway for breathing support. Participants will have photographs taken of their head and neck to help develop an algorithm that predicts how easy or hard this procedure might be.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
You may be able to join if
- I need endotracheal intubation.
- I agree to have my head and neck photographed.
You may not be able to join if
- I have had head or neck surgery.
- I have central venous catheters or other things blocking my face view.
- I am neither easy nor difficult to intubate.
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria. The full criteria are further down this page — only the research team can confirm whether you qualify.
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About This Trial
The aim of this project is to develop a computer algorithm that can accurately predict how easy or difficult it is to intubate a patient based upon digital photographs from three different perspectives. Such an application can provide a consistent, quantitative measure of intubation difficulty by analyzing facial features in captured photographs - features which have previously been shown to corre…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients requiring endotracheal intubation
* Patients consenting to acquisition of photographic images of the head and neck
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients who had undergone head or neck surgery
* Patients in whom central venous catheters or other interventions that prevent f…
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