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PrematurityNCT00356902

Comparison of Different Oxygen Delivery Strategies During Resuscitation of Babies

A study testing titration of oxygen during resuscitation in people with Prematurity and Oxidative Injury, run by University of Calgary at 1 site in Canada.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Preterm infants are born with immature lungs and often require help with breathing shortly after birth. This currently involves administering 100% oxygen. Unfortunately, delivery of high oxygen concentrations leads to the production of free radicals that can injure many organ systems. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 23 to 32 weeks
What is being tested?
titration of oxygen during resuscitation
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
215 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
Jul 2005to Sep 2007
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 23 to 32 weeks
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • inborn
  • <= 32 weeks gestation
  • respiratory support needed during resuscitation. Respiratory support is defined as provision of continuous positive airway pressure or positive pressure ventilation delivered via either a face mask or an endotracheal tube.

Who cannot join

  • lethal anomalies
  • cyanotic congenital heart disease
  • known hemoglobinopathy
  • risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site
  • Foothills Medical Centre

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 2T9

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: Effect of Titrating Oxygen Concentration During Resuscitation of the Newborn on Achieving Normoxemia

Preterm infants are born with immature lungs and often require help with breathing shortly after birth. This currently involves administering 100% oxygen. Unfortunately, delivery of high oxygen concentrations leads to the production of free radicals that can injure many organ systems. Term and near-term newborns deprived of oxygen during or prior to birth respond as well or better to resuscitation with room air (21% oxygen) compared to 100% oxygen. However, a static concentration of 21% oxygen may be inappropriate for preterm infants with lung disease. Our study will investigate how adjusting the amount of oxygen given to sick preterm newborns will affect the ability to maintain a safe oxygen level in their blood. Each infant will be assigned to receive one of three treatments at birth. Resuscitation will either start with 21% oxygen and be increased if needed, 100% oxygen and be decreased if needed or 100% oxygen with no changes made (current standard of treatment). The first two groups will have adjustments in oxygen concentration as needed to reach a safe target range of blood oxygen saturation. We anticipate that preterm newborn infants resuscitated with higher oxygen concentrations will have higher than "normal" levels of oxygen in their blood while those resuscitated initially with lower concentrations of oxygen will be more likely to have "normal" oxygen levels in their blood. All premature infants will have a surface probe placed on the right hand to measure the saturation of blood with oxygen. Following the resuscitation, treatment will proceed as per standard of care until hospital discharge. All infants will be admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit given their prematurity. The purpose of this study is to investigate how safely restricting the amount of oxygen delivered to newborns during resuscitation will affect the amount of oxygen in their blood.

Hypothesis: In this randomized control trial, infants resuscitated with a "low oxygen delivery (LOD)" strategy (initiation of resuscitation with 21% O2) will remain normoxemic for the greatest proportion of time during resuscitation and infants resuscitated with a "high oxygen delivery (HOD)" strategy (100% O2 used for the entire resuscitation) will be normoxemic for the smallest proportion of time during resuscitation.

Being tested
titration of oxygen during resuscitation
Medical subject headings
Premature Birth, Dyspnea

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • titration of oxygen during resuscitationProcedure or surgery

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Proportion of time spent in normoxemia (85-92%)during resuscitation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jul 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJul 2005
  3. Study completionSep 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Enrolment
215 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00356902
Sponsor's protocol ID
RT732656
Status last verified
Sep 2007
First submitted
25 Jul 2006
Last updated
18 Sep 2007
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing titration of oxygen during resuscitation in people with Prematurity and Oxidative Injury, run by University of Calgary at 1 site in Canada.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Sep 2007. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Proportion of time spent in normoxemia (85-92%)during resuscitation. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Sep 2007.

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