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Congenital DisordersNCT00327951

Infant Weight Gain With Trisomy 21 and CAVC

An observational study of Congenital Disorders, run by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

Failure to thrive and difficulty gaining weight is a sign of uncompensated congestive heart failure (CHF). Infants with Trisomy 21 and complete atrioventricular canal defects (CAVC) frequently develop uncompensated CHF and weight gain failure pre-operatively. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 1 year
Conditions the study is for
Congenital Disorders
How many people
46 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Jan 2001to Feb 2008
Phase
Observational
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 1 year
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: patients' charts from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Who may be able to join

  • Infants with Trisomy 21 and CAVC operated on at CHOA at Egleston between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 2005 will be included in the study.

Who cannot join

  • Patients will be excluded if the following information is not available:
  • Birth weight B. Weight at operation C. Incomplete medical records e.g. patient followed preoperatively elsewhere

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

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About this study

Official title: The Impact of Weight Gain in the Pre-operative Infant With Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) and Complete Atrioventricular Canal (CAVC)

Failure to thrive and difficulty gaining weight is a sign of uncompensated congestive heart failure (CHF). Infants with Trisomy 21 and complete atrioventricular canal defects (CAVC) frequently develop uncompensated CHF and weight gain failure pre-operatively. A weight of 5 kg has been suggested as optimal for timing of CAVC repair. A delay in surgical repair often occurs if weight gain stalls and reaches a plateau prior to reaching 5 kg. A retrospective review performed by Kogon, et al, of children undergoing surgery for VSD at CHOA at Egleston recently reported that age and weight at surgery may not, however, be associated with adverse surgical outcome.

The purpose of this study is to determine the optimal timing for surgical correction of CAVC in Trisomy 21 infants based on reaching a plateau of failed weight gain despite maximal anti-congestive and nutritional therapy.

Read the detailed description

A retrospective chart review of 100 infants with Trisomy 21 and CAVC operated at CHOA at Egleston between January 1, 2001 and March 24, 2006 will be performed. Graphs of birth weight and rate of weight gain over time will be plotted for each patient and for the group as a whole. The point of reaching a plateau of weight gain will be decided for each patient and indexed for birth weight. Medical management will be detailed, i.e. all medications and all dietary information (caloric density of formula, route of administration). This medical management will be indexed as a function on the weight gain chart. Medical complications (such as respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, hospitalizations, and additional non-cardiac medications) will likewise be plotted and segmented according to position relative to the weight gain plateau. Age at eventual surgery and whether surgical date was delayed by complications will be noted. Surgical cardiopulmonary bypass time and morbidity and mortality will be noted. Postoperative length of ventilator support, length of stay in the CICU and total length of stay will be determined and also displayed as a function of body weight and as a function of time at plateau weight. Postoperative morbidity and mortality for the three months after repair will be noted, including all cause hospital re-admissions and outpatient medical complications (such as respiratory infections, gastroenteritis, and the need for continued medications for CHF).

Keywords
pediatric, cardiac, weight gain pre-operative, trisomy 21, complete atrioventricular canal
Medical subject headings
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities, Down Syndrome, Complete atrioventricular septal defect

Timeline

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

  1. First posted19 May 2006 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2001
  3. Primary completionMar 2006
  4. Study completionFeb 2008

Why it stopped: sufficient data collected for significant conclusion

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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
Observational
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrolment
46 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00327951
Sponsor's protocol ID
06-109
Status last verified
Feb 2008
First submitted
18 May 2006
Last updated
16 Mar 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Congenital Disorders, run by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at 1 site in United States.

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 1 inclusion and 2 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: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Mar 2012. 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 United States. 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.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: sufficient data collected for significant conclusion). Results are not available in the source record.

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

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

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 16 Mar 2012.

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