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Topical Therapy for Prevention of Infections in Preterm Infants

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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Status and phase

Completed
Phase 4

Conditions

Skin Diseases

Treatments

Drug: Aquaphor
Drug: Sunflower Seed Oil

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00162747
98-04-21-03-2
914-2123
H990772

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine how to best take care of the skin of preterm infants in order to prevent infections through the skin.

Full description

The skin of babies who are born too early is not mature, which means they are at risk for infections of the skin or in the body. Their skin also become very dry, leading to cracking and breakdown, and this may feel painful or uncomfortable for the infant.

Sex

All

Ages

7 to 8 months old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Preterm infants

Exclusion criteria

  • Full-term infant

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

Trial contacts and locations

1

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