IntraTRAcheal multipleXed Sensing tube 1 (iTraXS 1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Physiological sensing capabilities of a novel IntraTRAcheal multipleXed Sensing tube: a pilot clinical trial with feasibility assessment (iTraXS 1)
IRAS ID
345946
Contact name
David Hewson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Nottingham
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Placing a breathing tube in the windpipe to the lungs (called the trachea) is a necessary and common procedure to deliver oxygen when a person undergoes general anaesthesia for surgery or during critical illness. Current tubes are simple pieces of plastic used to transmit gases for ventilating a persons lungs while they are asleep under general anaesthesia. Our group has developed a smart sensing tracheal tube (iTraXS) which, as well as doing the job of ventilating a persons lungs, can also take measurements of data about the persons health while they are asleep. This is a feasibility trial to test whether iTrAXs data can be taken from people undergoing elective surgery and whether a larger, definitive, clinical trial is possible. We will use data from this study to refine the iTrAXs device and to help deign a definitive trial.
REC name
East of England - Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
25/EE/0250
Date of REC Opinion
5 Dec 2025
REC opinion
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