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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT01549444
Date of registration: 01/03/2012
Primary sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Public title: Renin and Aldosterone Levels in the Preterm Neonate At Risk for Hypertension
Scientific title: Renin and Aldosterone Levels in the Preterm Neonate At Risk for Hypertension (RENAL HIT Study)
Date of first enrolment: March 2012
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01549444
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Erika Bariciak, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 613-737-7600
Email: bariciak@cheo.on.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:   Erika Bariciak, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 613-737-7600
Email: bariciak@cheo.on.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:   Erika Bariciak, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  The Ottawa Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Infants < 6 hours of age who require NICU admission

2. Infants 26+0 to 34+0 weeks gestation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Immediate Exclusion from Enrollment

1. Maternal treatment with drugs known to be teratogenic and cause nephrotoxicity
in the fetus (i.e. ACE-Inhibitor).

2. Infants with known congenital anomalies and/or renal anomalies.

3. Infants with known chromosomal anomalies.

4. Infants with severe asphyxia defined as cord pH < 7.0, 5 min Apgar < 3, and
urine positive for blood.

5. Infants with a known or suspected blood loss at birth (ie: uterine rupture,
placental abruption, bleeding placenta previa, or post-natal blood loss in the
delivery room).

6. Infants who will not receive follow-up care in Ottawa upon discharge from the
NICU (ie: live out of town).



Age minimum: 26 Weeks
Age maximum: 34 Weeks
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetes
Hypertension
Infants Small for Gestational Age
Intervention(s)
Primary Outcome(s)
Renin and Aldosterone levels corelated to BP measurements [Time Frame: by 2-3 weeks of age for bloodwork]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Blood pressure measurements [Time Frame: 4 and10 months of age]
Secondary ID(s)
Renin HIT study-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
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