Study aims to stop Over-Monitoring of kids with common lung infection
NCT ID NCT05132322
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at ways to reduce the overuse of continuous pulse oximetry (a device that measures oxygen levels) in children hospitalized with bronchiolitis who are not on supplemental oxygen. Researchers are testing educational outreach and feedback strategies across multiple hospitals. The goal is to find the best methods to safely stop unnecessary monitoring, which can be uncomfortable for children and wasteful.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Educational outreach and audit/feedback strategies
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide hospitals with effective methods to reduce unnecessary monitoring, improving patient comfort and reducing healthcare costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a drug trial. Results may vary across hospitals, and changing long-standing practices can be challenging.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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9,265 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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2 months and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Population a: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while not receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air," for primary trial outcome) Inclusion Criteria: * Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old * Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial * Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine) * Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent physician progress note * Not actively receiving supplemental oxygen ("in room air") * Last documented receipt of supplemental oxygen \>1 hour prior to direct observational data collection Exclusion Criteria: * Documented apnea or cyanosis during the current illness * Extreme prematurity (\<28 weeks completed gestation) * Cardiac disease * Pulmonary hypertension * Chronic lung disease * Home oxygen requirement * Neuromuscular disease * Immunodeficiency * Cancer * Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2)-related illness (known or suspected, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) Population b: Bronchiolitis patients directly observed while receiving supplemental oxygen (for underuse evaluation). Inclusion Criteria: * Infants and children 2 months through 23 months old * Hospitalized on non-ICU wards participating in the trial * Cared for by generalist inpatient services (e.g. general pediatrics, hospital medicine) * Primary diagnosis of bronchiolitis in most recent physician progress note * Actively receiving ≥2 Liters/minute (2L/min) supplemental oxygen or 21% room air flow Exclusion Criteria: * Extreme prematurity (\<28 weeks completed gestation) * Cardiac disease * Pulmonary hypertension * Chronic lung disease * Home oxygen requirement * Neuromuscular disease * Immunodeficiency * Cancer * Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 \[Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2 (known or suspected)\]
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, Ohio, 44308, United States
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Albany Medical Center
Albany, New York, 12208, United States
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Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary, AB T3B 6A8, Canada
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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CHOP Care Network at Virtua
Voorhees Township, New Jersey, 08043, United States
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CHOP Grand View Hospital
Sellersville, Pennsylvania, 18960, United States
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CHOP King of Prussia Hospital
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, United States
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CHOP Pediatric Care at Penn Medicine/Princeton Health
Princeton, New Jersey, 08536, United States
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CS Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States
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Children's Hospital Orange County
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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Children's Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03756, United States
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Children's Hospital at Montefiore
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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Children's Hospital at Oklahoma University Medical Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States
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Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, Virginia, 23507, United States
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Children's Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
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Children's Memorial Hermann
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Children's Mercy Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States
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Children's Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55404, United States
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Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Children's Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Children's of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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Cohen Children's Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York, 11040, United States
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Hoops Family Children's Hospital at Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia, 25701, United States
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Inova Children's Hospital
Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Komansky Children's Hospital/New York Presbyterian Medical Center /Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Stanford, California, 94304, United States
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Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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NYP-Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Primary Children's Hospital
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84113, United States
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Rady Children's Hospital/UCSD
Encinitas, California, 92024, United States
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Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, Washington, 98105, United States
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Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands
The Woodlands, Texas, 77384, United States
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Texas Children's Hospital West Campus
Houston, Texas, 77094, United States
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University of California Davis
Davis, California, 95616, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Rochester Golisano Children's Hospital
Rochester, New York, 14642, United States
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University of Vermont Children's Hospital
Burlington, Vermont, 05401, United States
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Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital
Syracuse, New York, 13210, United States
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Valley Children's Hospital
Madera, California, 93636, United States
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Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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