Clonidine for Analgesia to Preterm Infants During Neonatal Intensive Care

NCT ID: NCT04928651

Last Updated: 2023-08-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-04-06

Study Completion Date

2022-05-13

Brief Summary

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A prospective pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamic (PD) and pharmacogenetic (PG) observation study, including the PK/PD/PG relationship, in clonidine administered for analgesia and sedation to preterm newborn infants receiving neonatal intensive care. Phase 3 - therapeutic confirmatory study

Detailed Description

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All preterm infants that are admitted to the study neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) for neonatal intensive care are potential study patients, and their parents will be asked for consent.

The patient will be treated according to clinical guidelines and will be included in the study if in need for clonidine according to clinical judgment (pain scores) and as decided by the responsible clinical doctor. The dosing and administration of the drug will be implemented according to an algorithm based on pain scoring results.

Apart from extra blood sampling, the bedside monitoring, investigations (electroencephalography, EEG, echocardiography, ECG, ultrasound of the brain) and follow-up (neurologic examination and magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) are the same as for all preterm infants according to local and national guidelines.

In total 100 infants will be included.

Conditions

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Intensive Care, Neonatal Analgesia Hypnotics and Sedatives

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Clonidine

Preterm infants (\< gw 37+0) who are in need for analgesic or sedative medication will receive treatment with clonidine according to an algorithm based on pain and sedative scoring results

Clonidine

Intervention Type DRUG

Clonidine will be administered to preterm infants in need of analgesia and sedation; either as the primary drug for comfort and light sedation or as an "add-on" drug to opioids according to an algorithm based on pain and sedative scoring results. Opioids are mostly given to postoperative patients. These drugs (morphine or fentanyl) will not be studied, but a baseline PK sample will be taken to correlate to the baseline aEEG.

Interventions

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Clonidine

Clonidine will be administered to preterm infants in need of analgesia and sedation; either as the primary drug for comfort and light sedation or as an "add-on" drug to opioids according to an algorithm based on pain and sedative scoring results. Opioids are mostly given to postoperative patients. These drugs (morphine or fentanyl) will not be studied, but a baseline PK sample will be taken to correlate to the baseline aEEG.

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Preterm infants (\< gw 37+0) who are in need for analgesic or sedative medication according to clinical judgment (scoring with pain assessment scales; ALPS-Neo and Comfort-Neo)
* Existing arterial or venous cannulas/catheters for repeated non-traumatic blood sampling
* Informed and written parental consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Hemodynamic instability (same as in clinical routine).
* Cardiac malformations in need for postnatal surgery.
* Any serious medical condition or ethical issues that could, in the Investigators opinion, interfere with the study procedures.
Maximum Eligible Age

37 Weeks

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Lund University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Karolinska Institutet

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Helsinki University Central Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Örebro University, Sweden

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

The Swedish Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Tartu

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Region Skane

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Elisabeth Norman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Region Skane

Locations

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Skane University Hospital

Lund, , Sweden

Site Status

Marco Bartocci

Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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2017-005091-26

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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