Validation of a Novel Oxygen Consumption Measurement Technique in Neonates

Completed

Conditions studied: Neonatal Respiratory Failure, Congenital Heart Defect

In brief

The measurement of how much oxygen a baby consumes provides important information about the health of the baby, and of how much energy they are consuming. Currently, there is no device which measures either oxygen consumption, or another variable that depends on oxygen consumption - resting energy expenditure - in neonates or infants. Our group has developed a new device which can attach to any ventilator and measures these two variables with accuracy in the preclinical setting, including in rodents as small as severely preterm infants. The purpose of this study is to compare measurements of oxygen consumption and energy expenditure in neonates using this device and comparing it with a gold standard which is rarely used, a Douglas bag method in which expired gas is collected and later analyzed.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03154112
Run by
Boston Children's Hospital
People needed
14
Starts
2017-07-05
Expected to finish
2019-07-01
Last updated by the study team
2020-05-12

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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