Smart oxygen monitoring could help preterm babies breathe easier
NCT ID NCT07161908
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a remote monitoring system using pulse oximeters to optimize oxygen therapy in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Researchers aim to reduce the time babies need oxygen and prevent complications like pulmonary hypertension. The trial involves 70 infants born before 32 weeks, and parents will adjust oxygen flow at home based on saturation readings.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pulse oximeter (device)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could establish a standard method for safely weaning preterm infants off oxygen therapy, reducing lung damage and improving long-term health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 70 infants, so results may not apply broadly. The device itself does not treat the disease, and oxygen adjustments carry risks of hypoxia or over-oxygenation.
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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 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 36 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: * infants born before 31+6 weeks gestation * signed consent for participation in the project and consent for the processing of personal data * diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia * type of pulmonary ventilation - low-flow nasal cannulas Exclusion Criteria: * unsigned consent for participation in the project and/or consent for the processing of personal data * child diagnosed with conditions other than bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) at high risk of long-term hypoxia - selected chronic cardiovascular, neurological, and muscular diseases, e.g., significant congenital heart defects, congenital central nervous system developmental disorders, genetic diseases associated with the risk of hypoventilation, central apneas, severe early obstructive sleep apnea * other chronic respiratory diseases besides BPD - e.g., cystic fibrosis, chronic aspiration * insufficient therapy through long-term home oxygen therapy * tracheostomy
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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
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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General University Hospital
RECRUITINGPrague, Czech Republic, Czechia
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Institute for the Care of Mother and Child
RECRUITINGPrague, Czech Republic, Czechia
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University Hospital Olomouc
RECRUITINGOlomouc, Czech Republic, Czechia
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České Budějovice Hospital
RECRUITINGČeské Budějovice, Czech Republic, Czechia
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