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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00696540
Date of registration: 09/06/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Diego Portales
Public title: Hypertonic Saline for Outpatient Bronchiolitis Hypertonic
Scientific title: Safety and Efficacy of Hypertonic Vrs. Normal Saline as Diluent of Salbutamol to Reduce Respiratory Distress in Outpatients With the Clinical Diagnosis of Bronchiolitis During the RSV Epidemic.
Date of first enrolment: June 2008
Target sample size: 74
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00696540
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Chile
Contacts
Name:     Irmeli Roine, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +56-2-6762916
Email: irmeli.roine@prof.udp.cl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Ricardo Mercado, MD
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Affiliation:  Clinica Vespucio, Santiago, Chile
Name:     Ricardo Mercado, MD
Address: 
Telephone: +56-2-8206500
Email: rmercado@ssmso.cl
Affiliation: 
Name:     Irmeli Roine, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  University Diego Portales
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age 1 to 24 months

2. Mild to moderate respiratory distress (Tal score below 9)

3. Up to 5 days of respiratory symptoms, including today

4. Expiratory wheezing heard on chest auscultation

5. Indication of salbutamol nebulization treatment by attending physician

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Two prior episodes of wheezing

2. Premature birth (below 38 weeks), if below 6 months of age

3. Lobar pneumonia

4. Body temperature above 38 degree Celsius

5. Use of salbutamol during the previous 6 hours

6. Pulse oxymetry reading below 90%

7. Congenital heart disease

8. Chronic pulmonary disease: Asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia

9. Other chronic or genetic condition or disease



Age minimum: 1 Month
Age maximum: 24 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bronchiolitis
Respiratory Distress
Intervention(s)
Drug: Inhalation of salbutamol diluted in normal saline
Drug: Inhalation of salbutamol diluted in hypertonic saline
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in the respiratory distress score (Tal) between the basal score and the final score after 3 salbutamol nebulizations [Time Frame: 1 hour]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in pulse oxymetry reading between the basal score and after each of the three nebulizations [Time Frame: 1 hour]
Change in the respiratory distress score (Tal) between the basal score and the first nebulization [Time Frame: 15 to 20 minutes]
Change in the respiratory distress score (Tal) between the basal score and the second nebulization [Time Frame: 15 to 20 minutes after the first nebulization]
Change in cardiac frequency, irritability, general condition or anything else between the basal score and the first, second and third nebulization [Time Frame: 1 hour]
Secondary ID(s)
UDP-CT1-08
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
ClĂ­nica Vespucio, Santiago, Chile
Ethics review
Results
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