Lung Ultrasound - Prospective Study

University of Wisconsin (UW)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Respiratory Distress of Newborn

Treatments: Device: Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06140615

2023-026 (Other Identifier)

2024-1751

non-PBA dated 7/8/24 (Other Identifier)

2023-1132

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether lung ultrasound can predict extubation success in neonates with respiratory distress.

Participants will undergo a lung ultrasound pre- and post-extubation.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 6 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Infants born at UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital and University of Minnesota admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with respiratory distress requiring intubation
• Meeting the extubation readiness criteria per the attending neonatologist

Exclusion criteria

• Known major congenital disease (chromosomal abnormality, heart disease, respiratory malformation)
• Neonates with parents that are less than 18 years old

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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71 participants in 1 patient group

Lung ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

Participants undergo pre- and post-extubation lung ultrasound

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound