NCT00912990: Shikani optical stylet for pediatric intubation

Study: Pediatric elective intubation using the Shikani optical stylet, with or without a muscle relaxant, at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. 1 2

Design and measurements: The registry records 34 actual participants, with eligibility from six months to 17 years and normal airways. The comparison involved deep anesthesia with saline/no neuromuscular blocker versus cisatracurium, measuring intubation time and adverse events. A proposed 30-second difference in the study rationale is a design criterion, not an observed result. 1 2

What is established: The record is terminated and now has posted results, but the primary intubation-time table lists zero participants analyzed in both groups. Its adverse-event table reports zero events among 16 participants assigned cisatracurium and three events among 18 assigned saline; these are event counts, not a reliable estimate of relative safety. No usable timing difference or equivalence finding follows from the posted data. 1 2

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1. ClinicalTrials.gov — ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00912990. Original study registration: sponsor, design, population, endpoints and dated history.Original study registration · Original record checked against the registry API. Checked 2026-10-10. Registration and current registry fields do not by themselves establish efficacy. Historical details in the article retain their stated date. Supplied note: ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT00912990. Original study registration: sponsor, design, population, endpoints and dated history.