Thermal Imaging in Neonates: A Feasibility Study in Healthy Babies and Babies With Suspected TTN

Mass General Brigham

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Thermal Imaging, Neonatal Pneumonia, Tachypnea

Treatments: Device: Thermal Imaging

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02570828

2015P001500

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study to evaluate thermal imaging as a technology to monitor the normal clearing of amniotic fluid from healthy newborns and newborns suspected of having a condition called transient tachypnea of the newborn, or TTN. Thermal images are taken using an imaging device that attaches to an iPhone. This device, commercially known as FLIR ONE, creates a non-identifiable image based on the heat pattern of an object. In this case, the object is a child's chest and back. It does not emit any radiation like an x-ray does.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 3 days old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (healthy and suspected TTN babies):

• Full term (greater than or equal to 37 weeks gestation)
• less than 3 days old
• born via normal vaginal delivery

Inclusion Criteria (only for suspected TTN babies):

• neonatologist assesses baby as possibly having TTN
• chest x-ray done as part of evaluation for TTN
• no other significant co-morbid conditions present

Exclusion Criteria:

• parents do not consent to have baby participate

Trial design

25 participants in 1 patient group

Thermal imaging

Experimental group

Description:

All subjects in the study will have thermal images of the chest taken using the FLIR ONE attachment to an iPhone.

Treatment:

Device: Thermal Imaging