Could a common painkiller save preterm Babies' lives?

NCT ID NCT04459117

First seen Mar 21, 2026 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 9 times

Summary

This study tested whether giving acetaminophen (a common pain reliever) to extremely premature babies in their first five days of life can help close a blood vessel in the heart that normally closes after birth. The trial included 804 babies born between 23 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. The goal was to see if the treatment improves survival without severe health problems like lung or brain damage.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria delle Marche

    Ancona, 60126, Italy

  • Bács Kiskun COUNTY HOSPITAL

    Kecskemét, H6000, Hungary

  • CENTRE hospitalier intercommunal de Creteil

    Paris, France

  • CHRU de Tours

    Tours, France

  • CHU Angers

    Angers, France

  • CHU Nantes, Hopital mére Enfant

    Nantes, France

  • CHU Rennes, Hopital Sud

    Rennes, France

  • CHU Strasbourg, Hôpital de Hautepierre

    Strasbourg, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège

    Liège, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Toulouse

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, EPE -Hospital Santa Maria

    Lisbon, Portugal

  • Centro Hospitalar e Universitário do Porto, EPE - Centro Materno Infantil do Norte

    Porto, Portugal

  • Cork University Hospital

    Cork, T12 DC4A, Ireland

  • East Tallinn Central Hospital

    Tallinn, Estonia

  • Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Children and Adolecents, Neonatology

    Helsinki, Finland

  • Hopital Cochin, Service de Médecine et Réanimation néonatales de Port-Royal

    Paris, France

  • Hopital Jeanne de Flandre

    Lille, 59037, France

  • Hopital Robert Debré, Néonatologie

    Paris, France

  • Hopital Universitaire de Geneve (HUG) - Hopital des enfants

    Geneva, Switzerland

  • Hospice civils de Lyon, Hopital Femme Enfant

    Lyon, France

  • Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Département de Pédiatrie Néonatale et Réanimation Pédiatrique

    Montpellier, France

  • Hôpital Croix-Rousse

    Lyon, 69317, France

  • Hôpital Marseille Nord

    Marseille, 13015, France

  • Hôpital Necker - Enfants malades

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Hôpital de la conception

    Marseille, France

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    Solna, 171 64, Sweden

  • Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

    Kuopio, Finland

  • Oslo University Hospital

    Oslo, 0424, Norway

  • Oulu University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

    Oulu, Finland

  • Tallinn Children's Hospital

    Tallinn, Estonia

  • Tampere University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics

    Tampere, Finland

  • Tartu University Hospital, Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

    Tartu, Estonia

  • The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University hospital

    Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark

  • Turku University Hospital, Department of Peadiatrics

    Turku, Finland

  • University Children's Hospital Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

  • University Hospital of Zürich

    Zurich, Switzerland

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