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ACTRN12616000240448
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Do very preterm infants less than 33 weeks gestation receiving skin-to-skin care compared with incubator care have similar (non-inferior) regional cerebral oxygenation (rcO2)?

Royal Women's hospital0 sites40 target enrollmentFebruary 22, 2016
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Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Royal Women's hospital
Enrollment
40
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 22, 2016
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Royal Women's hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •Preterm infants gestational age (GA) at birth less than 33 weeks
  • •\- No respiratory support
  • •\- No additional oxygen requirements
  • •\- Corrected age for prematurity \< 36 weeks
  • •\- Parental written consent.
  • •\- Clinically stable infants (according to medical and nursing staff).

Exclusion Criteria

  • •\- Parents do not wish to have SSC
  • •\- First episode of SSC
  • •\- Respiratory support
  • •\- Infants who have:
  • •\- cerebral malformations
  • •\- severe hypoxia\-ischaemia (Sarnat Stage III)
  • •\- post haemorrhage ventricular dilatation
  • •\- grade III\-IV intraventricular haemorrhage
  • •\- treatment with inotropes
  • •\- umbilical catheters in situ

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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