Echography-guided Surfactant THERapy (ESTHER) For Preterm Infants With Respiratory Failure
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Conditions studied: Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn, Pulmonary Surfactants, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
In brief
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is the use of ultrasound by the bedside provider in real time to answer a specific question and guide medical management. POCUS can be used to diagnose the severity of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) through a lung ultrasound score. Lung ultrasound scores have also been shown to predict if an infant is treated with an initial dose of surfactant. Therefore, using lung ultrasound scores to guide surfactant therapy for RDS will likely lead to earlier surfactant therapy and may improve short-term respiratory outcomes. This study will test this theory by comparing lung ultrasound score-guided surfactant therapy for premature infants with RDS with our current surfactant administration guidelines.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06446453
- Run by
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- People needed
- 52
- Starts
- 2024-06-25
- Expected to finish
- 2027-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-01
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- The infant's parent/legal guardian can understand and willingly sign a written informed consent document for this study
- Birth gestational age between 27w0d-36w6d
- Diagnosis of respiratory failure secondary to RDS requiring respiratory support with non-invasive positive pressure ventilation
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to obtain lung ultrasound between 1-2 hours of life
- Infants already intubated or received surfactant before the point of care lung ultrasound
- Infants born with congenital cardiac disease, congenital lung disease, or congenital facial/airway malformations
- Infants born with chromosomal abnormalities
- Infants with APGARs ≤ 5 at 10 minutes of life
- Infants requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation or therapeutic hypothermia in the first 6 hours of life
Where it is running
- Connecticut Children's — Hartford, Connecticut, United States (enrolling)
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