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Respiration, ArtificialPhase 4NCT00196469

Impact of Heparin on the Need for Mechanical Ventilation in Neonates

A Phase 4 study testing heparin in people with Respiration, Artificial and Hemorrhage, run by University Medicine Greifswald at 1 site in Germany.

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

This study is designed to test an incidental finding of a previous trial in which post hoc analysis showed that the rate of intensive care newborns requiring mechanical ventilation was lower in the group receiving heparin with the continuous infusion as compared to the placebo group. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 28 days
Conditions the study is for
Respiration, Artificial, Hemorrhage
What is being tested?
heparin
How many people
270 participants
Where
1 siteGermany
Study dates
Dec 2003to Mar 2007
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 28 days
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Newborns < day 28 of life
  • Necessity for intensive care treatment
  • Necessity for parenteral drug or fluid application for at least five days
  • Informed consent of parents

Who cannot join

  • Body weight < 500g
  • Mechanical ventilation directly after birth
  • Major malformations
  • Absolute indication for heparin
  • Inborn hemorrhagic disease (e.g. hemophilia, von Willebrand disease)
  • Cerebral bleeding or other major bleeding
  • Platelet count < 50,000/µl

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Andreas Greinacher, MD contact

greinach@uni-greifswald.de

Germany1 site, 1 recruiting
  • University Hospital Department of Pediatrics/Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine

    Greifswald, 17487

    Andreas Greinacher, MD, +49 3834-865482, greinach@uni-greifswald.de

    Christoph Fusch, MD, +49-3834-866420, fusch@uni-greifswald.de

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Randomized Double Blind Trial Comparing Heparin and Placebo as Additives to Continuous Infusion in Intensive Care Neonates for Prevention of Ventilation

This study is designed to test an incidental finding of a previous trial in which post hoc analysis showed that the rate of intensive care newborns requiring mechanical ventilation was lower in the group receiving heparin with the continuous infusion as compared to the placebo group.

Read the detailed description

Title: Randomized double blind trial comparing heparin and placebo as additives to continuous infusion in intensive care neonates for prevention of mechanical ventilation

Primary endpoint: Percentage of neonates requiring mechanical ventilation in both groups

Secondary endpoints: Duration of dependency on mechanical ventilation; major bleedings, incidence of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and of anti-platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies

Being tested
heparin
Medical subject headings
Respiratory Aspiration, Hemorrhage

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • heparinDrug

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. percentage of neonates requiring mechanical ventilation

Secondary outcomes (4)
  1. duration of dependency on mechanical ventilation

  2. major bleeding

  3. heparin induced thrombocytopenia

  4. anti PF4/heparin antibodies

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted20 Sep 2005 (estimated)
  2. Study startDec 2003
  3. Study completionMar 2007

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Enrolment
270 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00196469
Sponsor's protocol ID
EMAU16253.00.00
Status last verified
Sep 2006
First submitted
12 Sep 2005
Last updated
23 Oct 2007
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing heparin in people with Respiration, Artificial and Hemorrhage, run by University Medicine Greifswald at 1 site in Germany.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Oct 2007. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Germany. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Andreas Greinacher, MD (greinach@uni-greifswald.de), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

percentage of neonates requiring mechanical ventilation. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Oct 2007.

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