Clinical trials: Critically- Ill Children
Staphylococcal Infection
Safety and Efficacy of Mupirocin in Eradicating Colonization With S. Aureus in Critically Ill Infants
The objective of this trial is 1) to evaluate the safety and clinical acceptability of a 5-day course of mupirocin applied every 8 hours (± 2 hours) to the nares, umbilical and perianal areas of infants residing in the ICU.
- Trial name
- NCT01827358
- Testing
- Mupirocin calcium
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Child, Critical Illness
Measuring the Metabolic Cost of Fever
Fever is part of the body's immune response, often triggered by infection. Fever is commonly treated with medicines such as paracetamol, mainly because people feel unwell with fever.
- Conditions
- Child, Critical Illness, Fever
- Trial name
- IGUANA (NCT02939781)
- Testing
- Indirect calorimetry
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Critical Illness
Safety and Dose Escalation Study of Zinc Supplementation in Critically Ill Children
The purpose of the study is 1) to determine whether administration of intravenous zinc to critically ill children is safe, and 2) to determine an appropriate dose of zinc supplementation.
- Trial name
- NCT01062009
- Testing
- Zinc sulfate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Restore Resilience in Critically Ill Children
The study design will allow investigators to describe usual care in each PICU and identify the facilitating and restraining factors impacting the implementation of R2 at each PICU.
- Trial name
- R2 (NCT04695392)
- Testing
- R2 Bundle
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Critical Illness
Improving Outcomes After PICU Admission: A Pilot Study
1. Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an information based intervention delivered to parents following their child's admission to paediatric intensive care; 2.
- Trial name
- NCT01737021
- Testing
- Psycho-education
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Imperial College London
Sepsis, Critical Illness
Optimizing Vancomycin Therapy in Children
The purpose of Opt Vanc is to evaluate the feasibility of Bayesian dose adaptation, based on a previously-developed population pharmacokinetic (PK) model and a single optimally timed PK sample, to predict vancomycin area under…
- Conditions
- Sepsis, Critical Illness, Infections, Drug Toxicity
- Trial name
- Opt Vanc (NCT05691309)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Deep Venous Thrombosis
Catheter-Related Early Thromboprophylaxis With Enoxaparin (CRETE) Trial
The purpose of this phase 2a, multi-center, randomized controlled study, is to explore the efficacy of early prophylaxis against catheter-associated deep venous thrombosis (CADVT) in critically ill children.
- Trial name
- CRETE (NCT03003390)
- Testing
- Enoxaparin
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Traumatic Brain Injury, Critical Illness
Sleep Management And Recovery After Traumatic Brain Injury in Kids: Pilot Intervention of Melatonin
Sleep wake disturbances compound recovery in over half of pediatric traumatic brain injury survivors, leading to impaired quality of life, and few effective interventions exist to treat this important morbidity.
- Conditions
- Traumatic Brain Injury, Critical Illness, Sleep
- Trial name
- SMARTKids (NCT04932096)
- Testing
- melatonin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Adrenal Insufficiency, Critical Illness
Pilot Study Assessing Oxidative Stress in Children
Role fo oxidative stress in adrenal insufficiency has not been studied. The degree of oxidative stress and it's role in pediatric critical illness is unknown.
- Trial name
- OxStress (NCT01052207)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 102 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Complication of Urinary Catheter
Pilot Study of the Safety of a Daily Ethanol Lock for Urinary Catheters in Critically Ill Children
Hypothesis 1: Blood alcohol concentration will be <25 mg/100ml (equivalent to a blood alcohol concentration of <0.025%) after a 1 hour urinary catheter ethanol lock.
- Trial name
- NCT01865708
- Testing
- Ethanol Lock
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Hypovitaminosis D
Rapid Normalization of Vitamin D in Critically Ill Children: A Phase II Dose Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trial
Documented roles for vitamin D in calcium homeostasis, cardiovascular and respiratory health, inflammation, innate immunity, and neuromuscular function have led to the hypothesis that deficiency might represent a modifiable risk…
- Trial name
- VITdAL-PICU (NCT02452762)
- Testing
- Vitamin D3
- Where
- 4 sites in Austria, Canada and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Dexmedetomidine, Mechanical Ventilation Complication
DOSE Trial of Opioid Sparing Effect
Multicenter, double blind randomized controlled trial of fentanyl vs. fentanyl + dexmedetomidine as the initial regimen for maintenance of sedation in mechanically-ventilated, critically ill children.
- Conditions
- Dexmedetomidine, Mechanical Ventilation Complication, Critically Ill
- Trial name
- DOSE (NCT03938857)
- Testing
- Fentanyl, Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Child, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness
Clinical Effectiveness of the "PICU Up!" Multifaceted Early Mobility Intervention for Critically Ill Children
While mortality in U.S. pediatric intensive care units (PICUs) is improving, surviving children frequently develop persistent physical, cognitive, and psychological impairments.
- Conditions
- Child, Intensive Care Unit Acquired Weakness, Critical Illness, Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer
- Trial name
- PICU Up! (NCT04989790)
- Testing
- PICU Up!
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,470 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Hyponatremia
0.9% NaCl/Dextrose 5% vs 0.45% NaCl/Dextrose 5% as Maintenance Intravenous Fluids in Critically Ill Children
The primary objective of this study is to compare the mean serum sodium after 48 hours of therapy with either 0.45% NaCl/dextrose 5% or 0.9% NaCl/dextrose 5%, in critically ill children requiring IV maintenance fluid…
- Trial name
- NaCrICh (NCT01301274)
- Testing
- hypotonic, isotonic
- Where
- Argentina
- Volunteers
- 66 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde