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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
PHASE4
500 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-01-31
2013-12-31
Brief Summary
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Management is generally supportive, whereas symptom reducing therapy is debated with no international consensus. Furthermore, there are many unresolved questions related to the prognosis of bronchiolitis, its role in development of chronic lung disease in particular regarding the association between early bronchiolitis and asthma development. The present project will particularly focus on: 1)Treatment efficacy related to various outcomes during active disease, 2) retrospectively assess treatment efficacy in relation to later development of allergic disease, 3) assess the role between different vira and asthma prognosis as well as 4) identify possible prognostic factors involved in the progression from bronchiolitis to further airways disease.
Detailed Description
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1. To compare the efficacy of two common treatments by determining whether inhalation treatment with racemic adrenaline is more effective than saline inhalations in acute bronchiolitis in children younger than 12 months throughout an hospital admission, as well as to define the optimal inhalation treatment intervals.
2. To identify clinical and virological risk factors for development of persisting obstructive airways disease after an initial bronchiolitis, and to assess if specific vira or subsequent asthma development influences the efficacy of bronchiolitis management.
3. To assess whether hospital admissions for bronchiolitis has increased in parallel with the increase in childhood asthma seen in the last 10-15 years.
METHODS AND STUDY PROGRESSION
Design:
This multicenter study will be performed after initial appropriate common training by all participating.
1. Treatment study: The study will follow the standard operating procedure of Good Clinical Practice, including a clinical monitor from Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål who will provide study quality assurance in all centers. Two main groups randomised into RA vs saline, each divided into two arms of the active drug/NaCl groups: fixed or on demand inhalations. The trial will be double blinded by the pharmacy. One glass with sufficient medication for the entire hospital stay will be designated per patient throughout. No cross-over. Outcomes will be analysed by intention to treat, with treatment given and recorded throughout the hospital admission. No interim analyses are planned since the study compares two established treatment modalities used for the last decades.
Inclusion into the treatment study provides the basis for the follow-up (prognosis) part of the study.
2. Prognosis: 18 months follow-up study (clinical assessment) of all subjects in the treatment study.The prognosis study will also retrospectively answer whether treatment efficacy depend upon later allergic disease development.
3. Epidemiology: a retrospective chart study for hospital admissions for bronchiolitis within populations referred to the collaborating centres in HSØ from 1995-2009
Methods:
a. Treatment: Randomisation: block randomisation. Randomization will be performed by computer programs by the ORAACLE statistician, and provided to the Pharmacy preparing and labeling the vials for each patient.
Treatment: Nebulised racemic adrenaline vs saline throughout the hospital stay. Inhalations given on demand (parents/nurse) vs fixed x 4--12. Open saline inhalations may be given at any time, other inhalations is not allowed. Neither is systemic corticosteroids (which is not a proper treatment for acute bronchiolitis, according to Norwegian guidelines). All other treatment will be given according to usual local practice.
Study end-points:
1. Treatment study: Completion of the study at discharge + possible re-admission according to protocol. Need for intensive care management or assisted ventilation (continuous CPAP-Ventilator) in which conventional management will be given. Treatment failure when the child is assessed severely ill and in need of open label treatment. These data will be recorded and analysed to see if there is a difference between the two treatment groups. We expect a small number of drop-outs, which should not make it necessary to expand the study above our goal of 500 patients.
2. Prognosis study: Number of children with recurrent bronchial obstruction (wheeze), secondary: asthma diagnosis, the "Oslo severity score".
3. Hospital admissions first time, secondary: re-admissions or multiple admissions
Methods:
Clinical scores will be assessed before and 30 minutes after inhalation the first time, and subsequently once a day during ordinary doctor visit.
Global clinical assessment completed by nurses and parents will be done every morning and evening until discharge. Time at start, end and hours with naso-gastric tube feeding as well need for supplementary oxygen will be recorded daily and complications and adverse event will be recorded as they appear.
Nasopharynx aspiration is done at inclusion and is analysed by local routine, usually within 24 hours (except Sundays). Half of the aspirate will be frozen for batch PCR analyses at the virological laboratory (Oslo University Hospital) after all patients are enrolled.
Blood tests are sampled at inclusion. General analyses (see table 6) and sample to biobank for epigenetic analyses.
Saliva are sampled at inclusion and the following morning. Deemed fit for discharge will be decided by the attending physician. Minimum requirement is clinical score 3 or less at least 2 hours after last inhalation.
Urine tests are sampled at inclusion. Will be analysed at leukotrienes and arachidonic acid metabolites (eoxines) and other relevant inflammatory and infection markers.
Outcomes measured upon inclusion, after first inhalation (clinical score) as well as throughout the hospital stay according to flow-chart.
Main outcome: No of hours before deemed fit for discharge from hospital
Secondary:
Need for feeding support (no. of hours) Need for supplementary oxygen. Clinical score throughout admission Complications (presence of and time to confirmed) such as atelectasis Global assessments (parents and nurses) Need for ICU treatment Data from each hospital will in addition to collated data analysis be assessed independently.
Illness caused by different vira will be compared in regard to treatment efficacy.
b. Prognosis: This follow-up-study will be performed in collaboration between the principal investigator and the collaborating physicians at the local paediatric departments. The clinical follow-up visit includes a structured parental interview, application of the "Oslo severity score"20 for obstructive airways disease, assessment of atopic eczema and rhinitis, skin prick test as well as blood sampling for analyses including IgE and DNA for epigenetic studies (see table 4) .
c. Epidemiology: Retrospective study of all children 0-18 months admitted to hospital with the diagnosis of bronchiolitis. The study will mainly be a hospital registry study, but with 20% random chart scrutiny to ensure appropriateness of diagnosis.
Ammendment: Two further substudies were included;
a) Quality of life after bronchiolitis b) A population-based control group of 241 children from Oslo and Fredrikstad were included.
1. Description Quality of Life:
ITQOL was sent to all children included in the RCT cohort, as well as the control group (see below) 6-9 months after enrollement in the study, as well as prior to the 18-month follow-up study.
Main objective: To assess if quality of life after acute bronchiolitis in infancy is associated with development of persisting obstructive airways disease or allergic disease in early childhood.
Specific aim 1: What is the quality of life in infants and parents 6 and 18 months after hospital admission for acute bronchiolitis? Specific aim 2: Is quality of life in infants and their parents 6 and 18 months after hospital admission for acute bronchiolitis related to recurrent or persisting obstructive airways symptoms? Specific aim 3: Is a possible association between quality of life and persistent obstructive airways disease modified by allergic sensitisation, gender or type of virus infection during the bronciolitis
2. Description Control group:
Since we established the "Bronchiolitis" cohort of children admitted to hospital for acute bronchiolitis, the prognostic perspective of this three-phase study has gained increasing focus. This relates in particular to immunological influence of different viral agents during the acute disease, as well as Quality of Life and the role of early "stress" in relation to development of allergic diseases in children with as well as without acute bronchiolitis in early life.
The aims are to assess physiological, immunological, environmental and "stress" (including psychosocial) factors in the development of allergic diseases, including asthma, atopic eczema, allergic rhinitis and allergies in children who have been hospital admitted due to acute bronchiolitis in infancy as well as children of the same age who have not been admitted for bronchiolitis.
Control children will be consecutively included at 2 Well-baby clinics in Fredrikstad and Oslo, respectively, total number 150 (100 + 150, respectively) ensuring similar variability of demographic data (age and ethnic background) as the enrolled bronchiolitis children. Inclusion will be assessed mid-way for adequate demographic variability.
Inclusion criteria: children 1- 11 months (inclusive) of age presenting to the Well-Baby Clinics, Exclusion criteria: Significant cardiac, previous severe respiratory disease, neurologic, immunologic, oncologic or other disease that may significantly influence the outcomes, including Down's syndrome.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
TRIPLE
Study Groups
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Racemic adrenaline, fixed intervals
Active drug with fixed intervals of inhalation, adjusted at least every 24h.
Racemic adrenaline
For inhalation.
Dosing (as in previous study):
1\) 0,1ml\<5kg, 0,15ml 5-6,9kg, 0,20ml 7-9,9kg, 0,25ml \>10kg of racemic adrenaline 20mg/ml diluted in 2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.3
Maximum 12 inhalations/24 hours. One bottle (10ml) per patient. The bottles will be marked with the name of the study and a randomisation number.
Racemic adrenalin, on demand
Racemic adrenaline, inhalations on demand (max every 2 hrs)
Racemic adrenaline
For inhalation.
Dosing (as in previous study):
1\) 0,1ml\<5kg, 0,15ml 5-6,9kg, 0,20ml 7-9,9kg, 0,25ml \>10kg of racemic adrenaline 20mg/ml diluted in 2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.3
Maximum 12 inhalations/24 hours. One bottle (10ml) per patient. The bottles will be marked with the name of the study and a randomisation number.
Saline, fixed intervals
Saline inhalation fixed intervals, adjusted at least every 24 hrs
Isotonic saline
2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.
saline on demand
Saline inhalations on demand, max every 2 hrs, adjusted every 12 hrs
Isotonic saline
2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.
Interventions
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Racemic adrenaline
For inhalation.
Dosing (as in previous study):
1\) 0,1ml\<5kg, 0,15ml 5-6,9kg, 0,20ml 7-9,9kg, 0,25ml \>10kg of racemic adrenaline 20mg/ml diluted in 2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.3
Maximum 12 inhalations/24 hours. One bottle (10ml) per patient. The bottles will be marked with the name of the study and a randomisation number.
Isotonic saline
2ml NaCl 9mg/ml.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* bronchiolitis as defined on clinical criteria by SDM Court (Post graduate medical journal 1973).
* Clinical score of 4 or more (Kristjansson, Arch.Dis.Child. 1993)
Exclusion Criteria
* Use of systemic or inhaled corticosteroids within the last 4 weeks.
* Significant cardiac, previous severe or persisting (\>4 weeks) respiratory disease, neurologic, immunologic, oncologic or other disease that may significantly influence the outcomes, including Down's syndrome. Prematurity per se is not a reason for exclusion.
* One single previous mild-moderate episode suspect of bronchial obstruction is not an exclusion criterion, \>1 are.
11 Months
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Oslo
OTHER
Ostfold University College
OTHER
Vestre Viken Hospital Trust
OTHER
Sykehuset i Vestfold HF
OTHER
Sykehuset Telemark
OTHER_GOV
Sorlandet Hospital HF
OTHER_GOV
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
OTHER
Haukeland University Hospital
OTHER
Oslo University Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Karin C. Lødrup Carlsen, MD,pHD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Ullevål University Hospital HF
Håvard O Skjerven, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Ullevål University Hospital HF
Locations
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Sykehuset Buskerud, Vestre Viken
Drammen, Buskerud, Norway
Sykehuset Innlandet, Elverum
Elverum, Hedmark, Norway
Sykehuset Innlandet, Lillehammer
Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Oslo County, Norway
Sykehuset Telemark, Skien
Skien, Telemark, Norway
Sørlandet sykehus HF, Kristiansand
Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway
Sykehuset Vestfold, Tønsberg
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Ullevaal University Hospital, department of Paediatrics
Oslo, , Norway
Sykehuset Østfold, Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad, Østfold fylke, Norway
Countries
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References
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Skjerven HO, Hunderi JOG, Carlsen KH, Rolfsjord LB, Nordhagen L, Berents TL, Bains KES, Buchmann M, Carlsen KCL. Allergic sensitisation in infants younger than one year of age. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2020 Feb;31(2):203-206. doi: 10.1111/pai.13135. Epub 2019 Nov 7. No abstract available.
Gjengsto Hunderi JO, Lodrup Carlsen KC, Rolfsjord LB, Carlsen KH, Mowinckel P, Skjerven HO. Parental severity assessment predicts supportive care in infant bronchiolitis. Acta Paediatr. 2019 Jan;108(1):131-137. doi: 10.1111/apa.14443. Epub 2018 Jun 29.
Berents TL, Carlsen KCL, Mowinckel P, Skjerven HO, Rolfsjord LB, Nordhagen LS, Kvenshagen B, Hunderi JOG, Bradley M, Thorsby PM, Carlsen KH, Gjersvik P. Weight-for-length, early weight-gain velocity and atopic dermatitis in infancy and at two years of age: a cohort study. BMC Pediatr. 2017 Jun 7;17(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s12887-017-0889-6.
Rolfsjord LB, Bakkeheim E, Berents TL, Alm J, Skjerven HO, Carlsen KH, Mowinckel P, Sjobeck AC, Carlsen KCL. Morning Salivary Cortisol in Young Children: Reference Values and the Effects of Age, Sex, and Acute Bronchiolitis. J Pediatr. 2017 May;184:193-198.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.064. Epub 2017 Mar 8.
Skjerven HO, Megremis S, Papadopoulos NG, Mowinckel P, Carlsen KH, Lodrup Carlsen KC; ORAACLE Study Group. Virus Type and Genomic Load in Acute Bronchiolitis: Severity and Treatment Response With Inhaled Adrenaline. J Infect Dis. 2016 Mar 15;213(6):915-21. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv513. Epub 2015 Oct 27.
Skjerven HO, Rolfsjord LB, Berents TL, Engen H, Dizdarevic E, Midgaard C, Kvenshagen B, Aas MH, Hunderi JOG, Stensby Bains KE, Mowinckel P, Carlsen KH, Lodrup Carlsen KC. Allergic diseases and the effect of inhaled epinephrine in children with acute bronchiolitis: follow-up from the randomised, controlled, double-blind, Bronchiolitis ALL trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Sep;3(9):702-708. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00319-7. Epub 2015 Aug 25.
Skjerven HO, Hunderi JO, Brugmann-Pieper SK, Brun AC, Engen H, Eskedal L, Haavaldsen M, Kvenshagen B, Lunde J, Rolfsjord LB, Siva C, Vikin T, Mowinckel P, Carlsen KH, Lodrup Carlsen KC. Racemic adrenaline and inhalation strategies in acute bronchiolitis. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 13;368(24):2286-93. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1301839.
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Oslo University Hospital
Other Identifiers
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EudraCT 2009-012667-34
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id