Status:
COMPLETED
A Study of Hypertonic Saline for Infants Hospitalized With Bronchiolitis
Lead Sponsor:
Montefiore Medical Center
Conditions:
Bronchiolitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if nebulized hypertonic saline (or extra salty water mist) helps infants less than 12 months old hospitalized with bronchiolitis (or bad chest colds) get bett...
Detailed Description
Bronchiolitis is a common admitting diagnosis for children less than 1 year of age. Although bronchiolitis has a high prevalence, there is a lack of a unified inpatient treatment plan beyond supportiv...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients 0-12 months of age admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis.
Exclusion
- status asthmaticus
- chronic cardiopulmonary disease
- Trisomy 21
- immunodeficiency or transplant recipient
- neuromuscular disease
- admission directly to the intensive care unit
- previous use of nebulized hypertonic saline less than 12 hours prior to presentation
- previous enrollment in the study in the 72 hours prior to presentation
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
227 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01488448
Start Date
November 1 2011
End Date
August 1 2015
Last Update
February 2 2017
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
Children's Hospital at Montefiore
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10467