Status:

TERMINATED

Pilot Study to Assess Safety and Feasibility of Resuscitation of Preterm Infants With Controlled Volume of Air/Oxygen

Lead Sponsor:

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Conditions:

Resuscitation

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 1 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

QUESTION: Is controlled tidal volume delivery during the resuscitation of preterm infants \< 28 weeks' gestation safe and feasible? BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE: Current resuscitation of preterm neonate...

Detailed Description

Design Randomized controlled pilot study. Setting: The study will be conducted at the Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH), Toronto which is a tertiary care teaching hospital in the Greater Toronto Area. Appro...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All neonates born at \<28 completed weeks' gestation according to early ultrasonographic estimation or maternal account of last menstrual period.

Exclusion

  • Antenatally diagnosed congenital cardio-respiratory anomalies
  • Infants with known chromosomal or genetic abnormalities
  • A prior knowledge of significant fetal distress (diagnosed on the basis of cardiographic monitoring and defined as fetal heart rate \<100 beats per minute and/or loss of beat to beat variability, and/or biophysical profile of \<4/8)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

August 1 2006

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00157989

Start Date

October 1 2004

End Date

August 1 2006

Last Update

September 11 2006

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Mount Sinai Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X5