Can better sleep help kids in the ICU recover faster?
NCT ID NCT04695392
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at ways to improve the care, environment, and daily routines of children in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to support their healing and natural sleep-wake cycles. Researchers observed 56 children aged 6 months to 18 years who were on breathing machines. The goal was to understand what helps or hinders these improvements, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- 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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56 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2017
- Finished
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Dec 2021
- 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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6 months to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * PICU admission at one of the study sites in which elements of R2 are typically but sporadically implemented * Transferred to the PICU from another hospital unit/ward with ≤4 nights in the hospital (≤2 nights in PICU) * Between the ages 6 months and 18 years at the time of enrollment (has not had their 18th birthday) * Intubated and mechanically ventilated for acute airway or parenchymal disease within last 48 hours * Expected to be intubated for more than 12 hours past enrollment * Parent/Guardian providing consent, provides primary care for subject Exclusion Criteria: * A baseline cognitive dysfunction, measured by the Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category (PCPC ≥4) * A history of an uncontrolled seizure disorder (seizure within past 3 months), cerebral hypertension, neuromuscular respiratory failure, ventilator dependence (excluding BiPAP or CPAP at night) * A history of inability to tolerate bolus enteral feeds (full J-Tube fed patients) * The presence of any of the following within 24 hours of admission: * Modal pain scores greater than 4 * Persistent hypotension/hypertension unresponsive to standard therapies * Use of High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation or Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation * Administered melatonin within the past week * Has an active do-not-resuscitate plan
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Johns Hopkins University - Charlotte Bloomberg Children's Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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