Transcutaneous Bilirubinometry in Neonates With the BiliCare System Compared to the Invasive TSB Test

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: We Will Focus on Assessing the Clinical Performance of the BiliCare Device

Interventions: Device: BiliCare

Registration Number: NCT02372071

Lead Sponsor: Gerium Medical

Brief Summary: The primary objective of this study is to define the performance evaluation of BiliCare TcB device to the "gold standard" bilirubin tests.

Detailed Description: Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia or newborn jaundice impacts over 85% of all newborns \[1\]. Regardless of the mechanism, excessive hyperbilirubinemia has been traditionally treated with phototherapy to minimize any probable risk of developing bilirubin-induced neurotoxicity. However, earlier and more recent data suggest that pre-discharge bilirubin screening for risk of significant hyperbilirubinemia, whether due to a rapid bilirubin production or an earlier age of onset, has impacted the guidelines for clinical use of phototherapy \[1, 2\]. In this study, we plan to test the performance of a novel transcutaneous device (BiliCareTM) first for screening for bilirubin levels at postnatal age of 6 to 48 hrs; and possibly also, to substitute the use of this measurement for total plasma/serum bilirubin (TB). This device applies a novel light transmission technology that has the potential to measure bilirubin as a point-of-care test in the subcutaneous tissue, and then uses an internal algorithm to calculate bilirubin levels in the skin. In this proposalstudy, we will to assess the clinical performance of the BiliCare by correlating measurements made by this device to near-concurrent measure of total plasma/serum bilirubin at normative ranges (mean, median, range and inter-quartile ranges ) for all term and late-preterm newborns (including those who are at-risk for jaundice and / or being administered with phototherapy) born to families of diverse race and ethnic backgrounds.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 111

Inclusion Criteria

Signed parental informed consent
Gestational Age >=24 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

Less than 24 weeks of pregnancy at delivery
Bruising at the point of measurement on both ears
Birthmarks at the point of measurement on both ears
Hematomas at the point of measurement on both ears
Excessive Hairiness at the point of measurement on both ears
Neonate is during Phototherapy or has been exposed to phototherapy treatment during the last six hours