Nichd Neonatal Research Network

This study is testing if a new schedule for light therapy (phototherapy) is safer for extremely premature babies with jaundice. Instead of keeping the bright lights on continuously, the new method cycles the lights on and off in hourly intervals. Researchers want to see if this '…

This study compares two approaches for managing a common heart vessel problem in premature babies. Researchers want to know whether immediate drug treatment or careful monitoring with treatment only if needed leads to better survival and lung development. The trial involves 836 v…

This large, late-stage trial is testing whether adding an inhaled steroid (budesonide) to the standard lung treatment (surfactant) given right after birth can help extremely premature infants. The goal is to reduce the combined risk of developing a serious, chronic lung condition…