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Force Sensor Study

NCT07434583 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-02-25

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Summary

This research is to understand more about the forces that are involved on the tongue and other oropharyngeal structures during laryngeal surgery. This information will be used to determine if these forces can affect outcomes (pain, numbness, taste, etc) and whether factors such as procedure type, surgeon experience (i.e. resident, fellow, attending), and choice of surgical equipment affect these forces. This information may be used to reduce these forces and prevent these issues from happening during certain laryngeal surgeries.

For the first 50 patients, force measurements will be taken and correlated to outcome measures . Surgeons will be blinded to the force measurements intra-operatively.

For the next 50 patients, surgeons will be given force measurements in real-time intra-operatively allowing adjustments to be made. The impact of this adjustment on outcomes will be determined.

Conditions

  • Laryngeal Disease
  • Post-operative Pain
  • Tongue Injury

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Direct laryngoscopy force modulation

Modification of applied force during direct laryngoscopy using real-time force sensor measurements.

PROCEDURE

Direct laryngoscopy without force modulation

Patients will undergo direct laryngoscopy as is done in standard of care without active modulation of applied force

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Tyler Crosby, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-01-02
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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