Baby breathing breakthrough? study tests oxygen flow in intubation
NCT ID NCT05967507
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether using a low flow of oxygen during a breathing tube placement in babies works as well as a high flow. About 1,192 newborns and infants up to 52 weeks old will take part. The goal is to see if the first attempt at placing the tube is just as successful with less oxygen.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- supplemental oxygen (low-flow vs high-flow)
- What this could lead to
- If low-flow oxygen works as well as high-flow, it could simplify and reduce costs for infant intubation procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study comparing two oxygen delivery methods, not testing a new treatment. Results may show no meaningful difference or that low-flow is less safe.
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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 1,192 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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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Up to 52 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: * Pediatric patients requiring oral or nasal tracheal intubation for elective, semi-elective, or urgent surgical and non-surgical indications. * Neonates and infants up to 52 weeks postconceptual age, with legal guardians providing written informed consent before the intervention Exclusion Criteria: * Prediction of difficult intubation upon physical examination or previous history of difficult intubation, mandating a technique different than direct laryngoscopy to secure the airway; * Congenital heart disease demanding FiO2 \< 1.0 * Cardiopulmonary collapse requiring advanced life support * Intubation for emergency surgical and non-surgical indications.
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How to take part
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The places running it
10 sites in 7 countries. 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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CHUV Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin
RECRUITINGBerlin, Germany
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Dept. Anesthesia, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre
RECRUITINGMontreal, Canada
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Dept. Anesthesia, The Hospital for Sick Children
RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hospital Municipal Infantil Menino Jesus, Servicos Medicos de Anestesia
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini
RECRUITINGGenova, 16147, Italy
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Inselspital
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Aarau, KSA
RECRUITINGAarau, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland
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Luzerner Kantonsspital
RECRUITINGLucerne, Canton of Lucerne, 6004, Switzerland
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Perth Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGPerth, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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