Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) Observational Study

Completed

Conditions studied: Infant, Newborn, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Infant, Premature, Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn

In brief

This study was an observational study to estimate the prevalence of Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) among term or near-term infants with severe respiratory disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01203423

Run by

NICHD Neonatal Research Network

People needed

385

Starts

1993-10-01

Expected to finish

1994-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-03-22

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >= 34 weeks gestational age
• On mechanical ventilation and/or fraction of inspired oxygen >0.50; and
• Had documented pulmonary artery hypertension as defined by either two-dimensional echocardiographic evidence of elevated pulmonary pressure (judged by right to left or bidirectional shunt), or a preductal to postductal oxygen gradient >20 mm Hg

You may not qualify if…

• >7 days of age

Where it is running

• Stanford University — Palo Alto, California, United States
• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• George Washington University — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Indiana University — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
• Wayne State University — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• University of New Mexico — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• Cincinnati Children's Medical Center — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
• University of Tennessee — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas — Dallas, Texas, United States

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