Effective Approaches & Strategies to Ease Off Nasal CPAP In Preterm Infants

NCT ID: NCT02819050

Last Updated: 2021-12-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-01-31

Brief Summary

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Though Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP) is a commonly used form of non-invasive neonatal respiratory support, the optimal method of weaning off NCPAP is not well established. In this prospective, two-center randomized control trial we hypothesize that gradually increasing time off NCPAP (sprinting) increases the success of weaning NCPAP off in infants born between 23 0/7-30 6/7 weeks of gestational age.

Detailed Description

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Eligible infants admitted to two Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) were randomized to a sprinting (SP) vs. a non-sprinting (NSP) protocol, both over 4 days. Infants assigned to the SP group sprinted twice daily for 3h (day 1), 6h (day 2), 9h (day 3) \& then 24h back on NCPAP (day 4) before switching to nasal cannula (NC) on day 5. Infants in the NSP group were maintained on NCPAP of 5 cm of water for the first 4 days before switching to NC on day 5, similar to the SP group. Infants in both groups were observed for the next 3 days (day 5-7) to ensure stability off CPAP

Conditions

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Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant (ELBW) BronchoPulmonary Dysplasia

Keywords

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CPAP Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant (ELBW) Non-invasive respiratory support Premature infants Non invasive ventilation weaning

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Sprinting

Take off NCPAP twice daily for 3hours (day 1), Take off NCPAP twice daily for 6hours (day 2), Take off NCPAP twice daily for 9hours (day 3), Placed back on NCPAP for 24hours (day 4), Switch to nasal cannula at a flow rate of 1.5-2 L/min (day 5)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

NCPAP

Intervention Type DEVICE

Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Non-Sprinting

* If the infant was on NCPAP 6, Infant was weaned down to CPAP 5 for 96 hours. If they met stability criteria, then infant was switched to room air (no flow) or no more than 2L NC.
* If the infant was on NCPAP 5, the infant was continued on CPAP 5 for 96 hours If they met stability criteria, then infant was switched to room air (no flow) or no more than 2L NC.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

NCPAP

Intervention Type DEVICE

Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Interventions

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NCPAP

Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Born between 23 0/7 - 30 6/7 weeks GA
* At least 26 0/7 weeks corrected GA.
* On NCPAP for at least 24 hours
* Stable on ≤0.3 FiO2 for at least 24 hours

Initiation of study protocol, i.e., weaning from NCPAP, was started when infant met all of the following criteria for at least 24 hours:

* Requiring NCPAP of 4-6 cm of H2O and FiO2 ≤0.3.
* All babies \< 32 weeks corrected GA should have been loaded or already on maintenance caffeine (caffeine citrate 20 mg/kg as the loading and 5-10 mg/kg as the maintenance dose).
* Stable respiratory system assessment (respiratory rate of \< 70/min, no significant chest retractions (sternal/ diaphragmatic), and baseline oxygen saturation \> 86%) and otherwise deemed clinically stable for weaning off non-invasive ventilation by medical team
* If post-surgery, infant must be at least 2 weeks post-operative and off antibiotics with no concern or need for repeat surgery.
* A documented hemoglobin of more than 8 g/dl within 7 days of initiation of the study.
* Meeting "stability criteria" defined below:

* The infant had to be tolerating a flow of no more than 2 liters NC on a FiO2 of 0.30 or less to keep oxygen saturations above 85% (should match what you wrote below in failure criteria)%.
* Have a respiratory rate of less than 70 on average over 24 hours for more than 24 hours
* The infant could have no significant chest recession (sternal/diaphragmatic)

Exclusion Criteria

* Evidence of a hemodynamically or clinically significant (worsening respiratory status or pulmonary edema on chest x-ray) Patent ductus arteriosus, diagnosed either clinically or echocardiographically.

* Any significant congenital abnormality (abnormalities affecting a major organ system, airway, or musculoskeletal system).
* Hemodynamic/respiratory instability or currently being treated for suspected or proven sepsis (positive blood culture)
* Grade IV intraventricular hemorrhage
* Inability to obtain informed parental consent
Minimum Eligible Age

26 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Children's Hospital of Orange County

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Virender Rehan, MD

Chair, Department of Neonatology

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Virender Rehan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, Los Angeles

References

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SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network; Finer NN, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Das A, Poole WK, Donovan EF, Newman NS, Ambalavanan N, Frantz ID 3rd, Buchter S, Sanchez PJ, Kennedy KA, Laroia N, Poindexter BB, Cotten CM, Van Meurs KP, Duara S, Narendran V, Sood BG, O'Shea TM, Bell EF, Bhandari V, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD. Early CPAP versus surfactant in extremely preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 27;362(21):1970-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0911783. Epub 2010 May 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20472939 (View on PubMed)

Finer NN, Carlo WA, Duara S, Fanaroff AA, Donovan EF, Wright LL, Kandefer S, Poole WK; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Delivery room continuous positive airway pressure/positive end-expiratory pressure in extremely low birth weight infants: a feasibility trial. Pediatrics. 2004 Sep;114(3):651-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2004-0394.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Singh SD, Bowe L, Clarke P, Glover K, Pasquill A R, MJ et al. Is decreasing pressure or increasing time off the better strategy in weaning VLBW infants from nasal CPAP? Eur J Pediatr B Abstr Eur Acad Pediatr. 2006;Abstract.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

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Reference Type BACKGROUND

Todd DA, Wright A, Broom M, Chauhan M, Meskell S, Cameron C, Perdomi AM, Rochefort M, Jardine L, Stewart A, Shadbolt B. Methods of weaning preterm babies <30 weeks gestation off CPAP: a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012 Jul;97(4):F236-40. doi: 10.1136/adc.2011-300133. Epub 2012 May 18.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29072676 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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30166-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id