Nurse Training in Neonatal ResuscitationNCT04572048
Longitudinal One Year vs Single Day NRP Training.
A study testing Single-day NRP Training and longitudinal NRP training in people with Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation, run by Ahmed Moussa at 7 sites in Canada.
Trial summary
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) recommends providers renew their certification every 2 years. However, many Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Canada face challenges of significant budget cuts in training and a large number of caregivers to train with a high turnover rate. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation
- What is being tested?
- Single-day NRP Training and longitudinal NRP training
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 55 participants
- Where
- 7 sitesCanada
- Study dates
- 1 Jan 2021to 31 Jan 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Newly recruited ( in the last 3 months) neonatal and delivery room registered nurses from level 2 and 3 perinatal centers
Who cannot join
- Registered nurses that have already completed a NRP training in the past.
Trial locations and contacts
7 sites in 1 country.
7 sites in 1 country
Canada7 sites
Cité de la santé de Laval
Laval, Quebec
University of Montreal Health Center
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 3E4
CHU Sainte-Justine, Dept Neonatology
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal
CHUL
Québec, Quebec
Pierre-Legardeur
Repentigny
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5N4
About this study
Official title: Longitudinal One Year vs Single Day NRP Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) recommends providers renew their certification every 2 years. However, many Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Canada face challenges of significant budget cuts in training and a large number of caregivers to train with a high turnover rate. This situation makes it difficult for managers and nurse educators to ensure up-to-date certification and competence for all clinical staff. In addition, considering that only 0.1% of newborns will require cardiac massage and/or epinephrine, health care professionals' exposure to critical events is low to insure maintenance of expertise. Furthermore, it is shown that there is a significant decrease in knowledge among learners who have undergone specific training after only 3 months. This is worrisome considering that some nurses will not renew their certification if the course is not paid for by the employer, or if they are not released from clinical duties to attend. While keeping in mind the various required components of NRP training: book reading, online exam, performance stations, Integrated Skills Station Assessment (ISSA) and simulations, we would like to assess the educational and financial impact of a new educational strategy developed as to allow more nurses to be retrained thus ensuring maintenance of their neonatal resuscitation expertise.
- Conditions
- Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation
- Being tested
- Single-day NRP Training, longitudinal NRP training
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Single-day NRP TrainingOther
NRP training course completed in one single day of 8 hours
longitudinal NRP trainingOther
NRP training course completed over one year by attending nine 30-minute modules.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Single-day NRP training | Other | This group will follow the single-day NRP training course that is currently the standard. It usually takes 8 hours to complete this training course and the nurses are released from their clinical duty to attend the training course. Receives: Other: Single-day NRP Training |
| Longitudinal one year NRP Training | Experimental | This group will follow the longitudinal NRP training course. The longitudinal NRP training course will consist of nine 30-minute modules that will be taught every 6-8 weeks over a period of one year. The nurses will attend the different modules of the training course at their work place and during their work shift so they will have to be released from their clinical duty only 30 minutes at a time. Receives: Other: longitudinal NRP training |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Knowledge
Integrated Skills Stations Assessment Score. The higher the score, the better the performance. Scores range from 0 to 100 %.
Measured: 1 year
Secondary outcomes (2)
Confidence and behavior
continuing professional development (CPD) reaction questionnaire (REACT). The higher the score, the better the outcome. Scores range from 12 to 82.
Measured: 1 year
Cost-efficiency
Cost of each educational intervention (each arm).
Measured: 1 year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted1 Oct 2020
- Study start1 Jan 2021
- Primary completion1 Jan 2026
- Study completion31 Jan 2026
Why it stopped: Difficult recruitment on top of high percentage of loss to follow-up.
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Nurse Training in Neonatal ResuscitationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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 N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 55 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Ahmed Moussa
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Ahmed Moussa, St. Justine's Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04572048
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MP-21-2020-2444
- Status last verified
- Mar 2026
- First submitted
- 3 Sep 2020
- Last updated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Mar 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Longitudinal One Year vs Single Day NRP Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04572048
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MP-21-2020-2444
- Conditions
- Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- TerminatedReason stopped: Difficult recruitment on top of high percentage of loss to follow-up.
- Enrolment
- 55 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Ahmed MoussaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jan 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Jan 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Jan 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 1 Oct 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) recommends providers renew their certification every 2 years. However, many Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) in Canada face challenges of significant budget cuts in training and a large number of caregivers to train with a high turnover rate. This situation makes it difficult for managers and nurse educators to ensure up-to-date certification and competence for all clinical staff. In addition, considering that only 0.1% of newborns will require cardiac massage and/or epinephrine, health care professionals' exposure to critical events is low to insure maintenance of expertise. Furthermore, it is shown that there is a significant decrease in knowledge among learners who have undergone specific training after only 3 months. This is worrisome considering that some nurses will not renew their certification if the course is not paid for by the employer, or if they are not released from clinical duties to attend. While keeping in mind the various required components of NRP training: book reading, online exam, performance stations, Integrated Skills Station Assessment (ISSA) and simulations, we would like to assess the educational and financial impact of a new educational strategy developed as to allow more nurses to be retrained thus ensuring maintenance of their neonatal resuscitation expertise.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Single-day NRP training | Other | Other: Single-day NRP TrainingThis group will follow the single-day NRP training course that is currently the standard. It usually takes 8 hours to complete this training course and the nurses are released from their clinical duty to attend the training course. |
| Longitudinal one year NRP Training | Experimental | Other: longitudinal NRP trainingThis group will follow the longitudinal NRP training course. The longitudinal NRP training course will consist of nine 30-minute modules that will be taught every 6-8 weeks over a period of one year. The nurses will attend the different modules of the training course at their work place and during their work shift so they will have to be released from their clinical duty only 30 minutes at a time. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Newly recruited ( in the last 3 months) neonatal and delivery room registered nurses from level 2 and 3 perinatal centers
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Registered nurses that have already completed a NRP training in the past.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Single-day NRP TrainingNRP training course completed in one single day of 8 hours | Other | Single-day NRP training |
| longitudinal NRP trainingNRP training course completed over one year by attending nine 30-minute modules. | Other | Longitudinal one year NRP Training |
Primary outcome
Knowledge
Time frame: 1 year
Integrated Skills Stations Assessment Score. The higher the score, the better the performance. Scores range from 0 to 100 %.
2 secondary outcomes
Confidence and behavior
Time frame: 1 year
Cost-efficiency
Time frame: 1 year
Results and safety
The study was stopped early (reason given: Difficult recruitment on top of high percentage of loss to follow-up.). Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Mar 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
7 sites in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Single-day NRP Training and longitudinal NRP training in people with Nurse Training in Neonatal Resuscitation, run by Ahmed Moussa at 7 sites in Canada.
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 1 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 30 Mar 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 7 sites in Canada. 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: Difficult recruitment on top of high percentage of loss to follow-up.). 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.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Knowledge (time frame: 1 year). 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 30 Mar 2026.