Status:

COMPLETED

Study Using Citrate to Replace Heparin in Babies Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Lead Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Conditions:

Heart Defects, Congenital

Respiratory Insufficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

1-1 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of citrate to provide anticoagulation of an ECMO circuit without patient anticoagulation. The standard method of providing ECMO circui...

Detailed Description

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a form of extended heart/lung bypass support that has been used to treat more than 650 patients over 20 years at Vanderbilt. Over 29,000 patients have bee...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Infant less than one year of age and less than 6 kg
  • Informed consent obtained from parent
  • One or more of the following diagnoses:
  • Post-op congenital heart surgery
  • Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • Sepsis with coagulopathy not corrected prior to ECMO
  • Other newborn diagnosis with Grade I or II IVH
  • Infant requires/is on ECMO

Exclusion

  • Consent denied or unobtainable
  • Age greater than one year
  • Weight greater than 6 kg
  • Gestational age less than 34 weeks

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

2 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00968565

Start Date

January 1 2010

End Date

June 1 2015

Last Update

June 3 2015

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Vanderbilt Children's Hospital

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232