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
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN99521826
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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