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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01536158
Date of registration: 15/02/2012
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital
Public title: Oral Paracetamol Versus Oral Ibuprofen in Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Scientific title: Oral Paracetamol Versus Oral Ibuprofen Treatment
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01536158
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Turkey
Contacts
Name:     Mehmet Yekta Oncel, MD
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Affiliation:  Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Research and Education Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Birth weight below 1250 gram

- Diagnosed patent ductus arteriosus by Echocardiographic examination

Exclusion Criteria:

- Accompanied other congenital cardiac anomalies

- Urine output of less than 1 ml/kg/h during the preceding 8 h,

- Serum creatinine level >1.6 mg/dl,

- Platelet count <60,000/mm3,

- Liver failure,

- Hyperbilirubinemia requiring exchange transfusion

- Severe intracranial bleeding (Grade III - IV)

- Intestinal abnormality and necrotising enterocolitis



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: 10 Days
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Intervention(s)
Drug: Oral paracetamol
Drug: Oral ibuprofen
Primary Outcome(s)
Efficacy and Safety of Oral Paracetamol Versus Oral Ibuprofen [Time Frame: Until discharge]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Long term effects of oral paracetamol versus oral ibuprofen treatment in preterm infants [Time Frame: corrected 36 weeks or until discharge]
Secondary ID(s)
ZTB150212
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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