Topical Therapy for Prevention of Infections in Preterm Infants

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)