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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00573053
Date of registration: 11/12/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Manitoba
Public title: Effects of Targeting Lower Arterial Oxygen Saturations on the Development of Control of Breathing in Very Preterm Infants
Scientific title: Effects of Targeting Lower Arterial Oxygen Saturations on the Development of Control of Breathing in Very Preterm Infants
Date of first enrolment: November 2007
Target sample size: 26
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00573053
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Ruben E Alvaro, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Manitoba
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Gestational age 23 0/7 - 27 6/7 weeks

- Enrolled in the COT trial at the Health Sciences Centre and the St. Boniface General
Hospital in Winnipeg

- Postnatal age between 21 days and 70 days

- Informed written consent obtained from at least one of the parents.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Need for mechanical ventilation, NCPAP or O2

- Sepsis or other known causes of apnea.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 70 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Development of Control of Breathing
Intervention(s)
Other: Oxygen saturation range
Primary Outcome(s)
Effects of targeting lower arterial oxygen saturations on the development of control of breathing in very preterm infants [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
To measure the effects of baseline oxygenation in extremely low birth weight preterm infants on the ventilatory response to CO2 and O2, the PCO2 apneic threshold, and the baseline breathing pattern [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
B2007:157
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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