Status:

RECRUITING

Co-administration of Acetaminophen With Ibuprofen to Improve Duct-Related Outcomes in Extremely Premature Infants

Lead Sponsor:

Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

Collaborating Sponsors:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

McMaster Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Patent Ductus Arteriosus After Premature Birth

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 27 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), the most common cardiovascular complication of prematurity, is associated with higher mortality and morbidities in extremely low gestational age neonates (ELGANs, \< 27...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Preterm infants born \<27+0 weeks gestational age
  • Permission given by the attending clinician to approach and then consent obtained from parents
  • Diagnosis of PDA ≥ 1.5 mm on echocardiography with unrestrictive predominantly left to right shunt
  • Designated to receive first treatment course with intravenous or enteral ibuprofen, as decided by the attending team.

Exclusion

  • Chromosomal anomaly
  • Pre-treatment renal dysfunction defined as urine output \< 1ml/kg/hour for the previous 24 hours or serum creatinine \> 100 micromol/L
  • Pre-treatment hepatic dysfunction defined as serum aminotransferase (ALT) \> 100 units/L94
  • Platelet count \<50,000 per microliter
  • Permission denied by the attending clinician to approach parents
  • Parental consent not available
  • Previous exposure to PDA medical treatment with any drug (prophylactic indomethacin use for prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage will not be considered as PDA treatment).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 12 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

310 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05340582

Start Date

December 12 2022

End Date

April 1 2027

Last Update

December 4 2025

Active Locations (9)

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1

John Hunter Hospital

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 2300

2

Royal North Shore Hospital

St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 2065

3

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Edmonton, Ontario, Canada, T5H 3V9

4

McMaster Children's Hospital

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 3Z5