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Tao Mask for Anesthesia Induction Ventilation

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Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Medical University of South Carolina
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up one year
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Study Summary

This trial will study the effectiveness of a new positive pressure ventilation mask, the Tao Mask, in morbidly obese patients. The hypothesis is that the Tao Mask will be more effective than the standard mask in this population.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~one year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and one year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Tao Scale Score

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Tao MaskExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
All anesthesiologists and CRNAs will view an instructional video on the use of the Tao Mask. Following induction of general anesthesia with the standard of care sequence of medications, each patient will then have mask ventilation performed and graded (Han and Warters Scales).Mask ventilation will be scored before and after the standard administration of paralytic medication.
Group II: Standard MaskActive Control1 Intervention
Following induction of general anesthesia with the standard of care sequence of medications, each patient will then have mask ventilation performed and graded (Han and Warters Scales).Mask ventilation will be scored before and after the standard administration of paralytic medication.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Tao Mask
2018
N/A
~160

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Medical University of South CarolinaLead Sponsor
933 Previous Clinical Trials
7,394,483 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Anesthesia Induction Ventilation
152 Patients Enrolled for Anesthesia Induction Ventilation

Frequently Asked Questions

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Is the clinical trial presently recruiting participants?

"Evidently, this clinical trial is no longer enrolling patients according to the information on clinicaltrials.gov; it was initially posted in March 2018 and its last update occurred in November 2022. Nonetheless, there are alternative trials that remain actively recruiting at this time."

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Safety and Efficacy of the Tao Facemask for Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Patients With Significantly Elevated BMIs
Carey Brewbaker 2018. "Safety and Efficacy of the Tao Facemask for Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Patients With Significantly Elevated BMIs". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03473366.
~22 spots leftby Apr 2025
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