Status:
UNKNOWN
Family Integrated Care in the NICU
Lead Sponsor:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Collaborating Sponsors:
Foothills Medical Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Conditions:
Premature Birth
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 33 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In the highly technological environment of the modern neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the infant is physically, psychologically and emotionally separated from its parents. Recognition that this i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \< 33 weeks gestational age at birth;
- On no respiratory support or low level respiratory support (i.e., oxygen by cannula or mask, or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP);
- A primary caregiver parent who is willing and able to commit to spending at least 8 hours per day with her/his infant between the hours of 0700 and 2000;
- Parental consent.
Exclusion
- Palliative care;
- Major life threatening congenital anomaly;
- Critical illness (unlikely to survive);
- On high level of respiratory support (mechanical ventilator, high frequency oscillatory or jet ventilation, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation)
- Parental request for early transfer to another hospital;
- Parental inability to participate (e.g., health, social or language issues that might inhibit their ability to communicate with the healthcare team).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
720 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01852695
Start Date
March 1 2013
End Date
March 1 2017
Last Update
October 4 2016
Active Locations (15)
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1
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2
Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3
St. Boniface General Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
4
The Moncton Hospital
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada