Status:

COMPLETED

Impact of Heart Rate Characteristics Monitoring in Neonates

Lead Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Medical Predictive Science Corporation

Conditions:

Sepsis

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-32 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: Fewer neonates managed using information from heart rate characteristics (HRC) will require intubation and mechanical ventilation as a result of sepsis and sepsis-like illness. Infants wi...

Detailed Description

Following randomization, infants will be managed as usual practice. The treating physicians of the HRC-display group will be able to utilize the HRC score to assist in the care of the infant. The phys...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Infants admitted to NICU
  • Birth weight \< 1500 grams
  • Gestational age \< or = 32 weeks
  • Informed consent obtained from parent

Exclusion

  • Evidence of sustained cardiac arrhythmia
  • Use of an electronic pacemaker

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

May 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

3003 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00307333

Start Date

August 1 2005

End Date

May 1 2011

Last Update

May 27 2013

Active Locations (8)

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1

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294

2

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States, 33101

3

Winnie Plamer Hospital for Women and Babies

Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806

4

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27157