New hope for tiniest babies: drug combo aims to prevent devastating lung disease

NCT ID NCT04545866

Summary

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 called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) or dying by 36 weeks of age. Over 600 babies born very early (22-28 weeks) are being randomly assigned to receive either the new combination or the standard treatment alone.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Brown University - Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02905, United States

  • Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45267, United States

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Emory University

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States

  • Northwestern Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States

  • RTI International

    Durham, North Carolina, 27705, United States

  • Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital

    Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States

  • Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns

    San Diego, California, 92123, United States

  • Stanford University

    Palo Alto, California, 94304, United States

  • University of Alabama

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35249-7335, United States

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Mississippi Medical Center - Children's of Mississippi

    Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States

  • University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of Rochester

    Rochester, New York, 14642, United States

  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

    Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States

  • University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, Utah, 84108, United States

Conditions

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