Providing Oxygen During Intubation in the NICU Trial

NCT ID: NCT05451953

Last Updated: 2025-06-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-20

Study Completion Date

2027-02-28

Brief Summary

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Tracheal intubation in the NICU is frequently complicated by severe oxygen desaturation. Apneic oxygenation, a method of applying free flowing oxygen via nasal cannula to apneic patients undergoing intubation, prevents or delays oxygen desaturation during intubation in adults and older children. We propose to enroll patients at two sites (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) in a randomized trial in infants undergoing intubation in the NICU to determine if apneic oxygenation, compared with no respiratory support or oxygen during laryngoscopy and intubation attempts (standard care), reduces the magnitude of oxygen desaturation during tracheal intubation encounters.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neonatal Respiratory Failure Tracheal Intubation Morbidity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Parallel group open-label randomized controlled trial.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Apneic Oxygenation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Apneic Oxygenation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Nasal cannula at a rate of 6L/min with 100% FiO2 during laryngoscopy and intubation attempt(s)

Standard of Care

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard of Care

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

No respiratory support during laryngoscopy and intubation attempt(s) (current standard of care)

Interventions

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Apneic Oxygenation

Nasal cannula at a rate of 6L/min with 100% FiO2 during laryngoscopy and intubation attempt(s)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Standard of Care

No respiratory support during laryngoscopy and intubation attempt(s) (current standard of care)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Infants ≥28 weeks corrected gestational age
2. Undergoing intubation in the NICU
3. Pre-medication (including paralytic) administered

Exclusion Criteria

1. Critical Airway or Airway Anomaly
2. Unstable hemodynamics (i.e. active resuscitation)
3. Unable to achieve SpO2 ≥90% prior to intubation attempt
4. Intubation performed by Non-NICU provider (i.e. anesthesiology or ENT)
5. Unrepaired congenital diagrammatic hernia
6. Tracheal esophageal fistula within 2 weeks of repair
7. Tracheostomy
8. Previous enrollment in the trial
9. Nasal intubation
10. COVID person under investigation (PUI) or COVID positive
11. Cyanotic heart disease
12. Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation support
13. Conjoined twins
Minimum Eligible Age

0 Days

Maximum Eligible Age

365 Days

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elizabeth Foglia

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pennsylvania

Locations

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University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Heidi Herrick, MD, MSCE

Role: CONTACT

267-408-6146

Elizabeth Foglia, MD, MSCE

Role: CONTACT

267-441-7144

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Other Identifiers

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R21HD103927

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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19-017190

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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