# Effect of Body Positioning on Upper Airway Patency During Induction of Anesthesia in Obese Patients

> **NCT01811069** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital** · enrollment: 13 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obese

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Head up

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01811069
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2013-04
- **Primary completion:** 2014-01
- **Final completion:** 2014-01
- **Target enrollment:** 13 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-01-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01811069

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01811069, "Effect of Body Positioning on Upper Airway Patency During Induction of Anesthesia in Obese Patients". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01811069. Licensed CC0.

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