Less water, better lungs? new trial aims to protect preemies
NCT ID NCT06954142
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests if giving very premature babies (born before 30 weeks) slightly less fluid (135 mL per kg per day) compared to a standard amount (165 mL per kg per day) can prevent bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), a chronic lung disease. About 750 babies will be enrolled across multiple hospitals. The goal is to see if this simple change in care reduces BPD or death by 36 weeks corrected age.
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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 750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
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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8 days 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalised preterm infants born before 30 weeks 0 days gestation * Signed informed consent for further research use of health-related data Exclusion Criteria: * congenital malformations * diseases likely to affect life expectancy, lung function, fluid strategy, or neurodevelopment * renal disease requiring fluid management outside the clinical standard of care * congenital heart disease not including patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
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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
9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV) - Service de néonatologie
RECRUITINGLausanne, 1011, Switzerland
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Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève (HUG), Unité de Néonatologie
RECRUITINGGeneva, 1205, Switzerland
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Inselspital Bern, Kinderklinik
RECRUITINGBern, 3010, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Klinik für Kinder u. Jugendliche
RECRUITINGAarau, 5001, Switzerland
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Kantonsspital Graubünden, Departement Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
RECRUITINGChur, 7000, Switzerland
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Luzerner Kantonsspital, Kinderspital
RECRUITINGLucerne, 6000, Switzerland
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Ostschweizer Kinderspital & Neonatologie und Frauenklinik KSSG, Perinatalzentrum St. Gallen
RECRUITINGSankt Gallen, 9006, Switzerland
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University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB)
RECRUITINGBasel, 4056, Switzerland
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UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Klinik für Neonatologie
RECRUITINGZurich, 8091, Switzerland
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