Registry of Preterm Newborns With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Study Purpose

The purpose of this prospective research registry is to collect data on treatment strategies and outcomes for premature newborns with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH).

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Observational
Eligible Ages	0 Minutes - 45 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Premature newborns 23-34 weeks gestation.

- Echocardiographic evidence showing systemic or suprasystemic levels of PH, or > 5% difference in pre-post ductal saturation if echo is not available.

- Fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) >0.60 in the first 72 hours after birth.

Exclusion Criteria:

- None

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT03310346
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	University of Colorado, Denver
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	John P Kinsella, MD
Principal Investigator Affiliation	University of Colorado, Denver
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other, Industry
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Pulmonary Hypertension, Preterm Infant

Additional Details

There is a lack of consensus on the role of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) therapy and other pulmonary vasodilators for the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) in premature newborns (<34 weeks gestation). However, a proper randomized, controlled trial of iNO in premature newborns with severe PH has not been completed. Some practices embrace the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) statement that there is no condition for which iNO should be used in the premature newborn, and others selectively treat premature infants with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) who suffer life threatening hypoxemia due to suprasystemic PH and right-to-left veno-arterial admixture across the arterial duct and/or oval foramen. The number of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) adopting each of these approaches is currently unknown, but it is possible that the former group is increasing due to administrative pressure to reduce uncompensated off-label iNO use. A prospective registry collection of treatment strategies and outcomes for this subset of premature newborns will help define current treatment strategies and yield important information about safety and efficacy of the different approaches to management, and would inform the debate more effectively than a series of iNO treated infants alone. Data collected includes maternal age, race/ethnicity, pregnancy and delivery complications, prenatal medications, infant characteristics such as Apgar scores, birthweight, congenital anomalies, respiratory status, pharmacologic therapy used for PH and its side effects, and blood gas data. Up to 100 sites in North America will be invited to monitor for appropriate cases.

Contact a Trial Team

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University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado

Status

Recruiting

Address

University of Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, 80045

Site Contact

John P Kinsella, MD

john.kinsella@ucdenver.edu

303-724-2853