Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy Compared to Bronchoscopy Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy — TRACHUS  

Tracheostomy Complications Clinical Trial

Official title: Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy Compared to Bronchoscopy Guided Percutaneous Tracheostomy - A Randomized Non-inferiority Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

TRACHUS trial is a randomized non-inferiority trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ultrasound guided percutaneous tracheostomy compared to bronchoscopy guided percutaneous tracheostomy.

Clinical Trial Description

TRACHUS trial is a randomized non-inferiority trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of ultrasound guided percutaneous tracheostomy compared to bronchoscopy guided percutaneous tracheostomy.

Patients will be randomly assigned to be submitted to ultrasound or bronchoscopy guided percutaneous tracheostomy and then the procedure related complications and clinical outcomes will be evaluated and compared between groups. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Postoperative Complications
• Tracheostomy Complications

• NCT number: NCT02084862
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2014
• Completion date: June 2015