Finding the right dose: how morphine and midazolam affect ventilated newborns
NCT ID NCT05371886
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at how morphine, given alone or with midazolam, works in newborns who need breathing machines in intensive care. Researchers will monitor 180 infants to find the dose that provides comfort without over-sedation. The goal is to improve pain management for these fragile patients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- morphine and midazolam
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors determine the safest and most effective doses of these sedatives for newborns on breathing machines.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It aims to gather data, not test a new therapy, so direct patient benefits are uncertain.
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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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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2023
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
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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20 to 45 weeks
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Neonates \< 45 weeks of corrected gestational age * Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit * Undergoing mechanical ventilation * Patients that receive morphine alone or morphine and midazolam as continuous infusion * Affiliated to a social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Current weight \< 600g * Neonates under palliative care * Therapeutic hypothermia for perinatal anoxia * Neonates who underwent a surgical procedure during the past 72 hours * Neonates receiving concomitantly a paralytic or another drug for sedation or analgesia other than morphine or midazolam (except for paracetamol/acetaminophen) * Parents refusing that their child participate
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH SUD Francilien
RECRUITINGCorbeil-Essonnes, 91100, France
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CHI Créteil
RECRUITINGCréteil, 94000, France
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CHRU Morvan
RECRUITINGBrest, 29609, France
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CHU Lille
RECRUITINGLille, France
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CHU Tours
RECRUITINGTours, France
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