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Intratracheal Budesonide With Surfactant to Prevent Bronchopulmmonary Dysplasia.

Phase 3
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Prematurity
Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Premature Infant
Interventions
Drug: Poractant Alfa Intratracheal Suspension [Curosurf]
Registration Number
NCT04862377
Lead Sponsor
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Brief Summary

This study is designed to determine whether intratracheal administration of budesonide combined with surfactant, as compared to surfactant alone, will modify ecographic (lung ultrasound score) and biological markers (IL-6 concentration in respiratory secretions) at 7 days of life in preterm infants ≤32 weeks of gestational age (GA).

Detailed Description

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is one of the main morbidities associated with extreme prematurity and, despite the improvement of respiratory care in the latest years, overall incidence is not decreasing. Etiology of BPD is multifactorial and local inflammation plays an important role in it, therfore, local anti-inflammatory drugs could be effective in preventing BPD.

Recent randomised trials have shown a lower incidence of BPD/death with the use of a combination of budesonide with surfactat compared to surfactant alone, and further clinical trials are currently ongoing.

This is a controlled phase IV, randomised, unicenter clinical trial designed to evaluate the effect of intratracheal administration of budesonide combined with surfactant, as compared to surfactant alone, in BPD in preterm infants ≤32 weeks of GA. Investigators will compare ecographic and biological markers, as well as respiratory outcomes.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Infants born equal or earlier than 32 weeks of gestational age admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
  • Parental consent signed.
  • Less than or equal to 48 hours postnatal age.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Infants with known major congenital anomalies (eg. congenital upper airwayobstruction, congenital lung anomaly, severe pulmonary hypoplasia, hydrops,neuromuscular diseases, chromosomopaties)
  • Infants with poor prognosis and risk of imminent death
  • Infants who have received the first dose of surfactant before of the enrolment to the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Interventional treatment groupBudesonide 0.5 MG/MLInfants randomised to the "interventional treatment" arm will receive intratracheal surfactant mixed with budesonide. Indication of surfactant, as equal as for the "standard treatment" arm, will be decided using the calculator.
Interventional treatment groupPoractant Alfa Intratracheal Suspension [Curosurf]Infants randomised to the "interventional treatment" arm will receive intratracheal surfactant mixed with budesonide. Indication of surfactant, as equal as for the "standard treatment" arm, will be decided using the calculator.
Standard treatment groupPoractant Alfa Intratracheal Suspension [Curosurf]Infants randomised to the "standard treatment" arm will receive intratracheal surfactant as per usual clinical indications of respiratory distress syndrome in these preterm infants. In that sense, and based in those clinical indications, we have developed a risk calculator for surfactant administration in preterm infants ≤32 weeks GA. We will use it to decide what patients will receive surfactant (calculator available on: https://1drv.ms/x/s!Arjkl83HIXSngP8TWh8O6oi6Ztdw3w?e=gNCMxP).
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lung ultrasound score at 7 days of life.7 days of life

LUS will be performed with the patients in supine position and slightly lying on the side of the taken view. Each lung will be divided in five areas through longitudinal orientation and images will be taken using the linear probe (VF 13-5MHz).

IL-6 concentration in respiratory secretions at 7 days of life.7 days of life

Nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) will be collected by standard procedure. IL-6 concentration will be determined by Human IL-6 Quantikine ELISA (R\&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Lung ultrasound score at 28 days of life.28 days of life

LUS will be performed with the patients in supine position and slightly lying on the side of the taken view. Each lung will be divided in five areas through longitudinal orientation and images will be taken using the linear probe (VF 13-5MHz).

IL-6 concentration in respiratory secretions at 28 days of life.28 days of life

Nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) will be collected by standard procedure. IL-6 concentration will be determined by Human IL-6 Quantikine ELISA (R\&D Systems Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA).

Respiratory status and neurodevelopment24 months of age.

Neurodevelopment will be assessed using Bayley-III test.

Number of days of oxygen7 and 28 days of age, 36 weeks of post-menstrual age.

Number of days on FiO2 \>21% supplied by any respiratory support

Number of days of respiratory support7 and 28 days of age, 36 weeks of post-menstrual age.

Number of days on each level of respiratory support:

* No respiratory support

* Nasal cannula at flow rates ≤ 2L/min

* Nasal cannula at flow rates \> 2L/min

* CPAP/BIPAP

* Invasive mechanical ventilation

Mean airway pressure (MAP)7 and 28 days of age, 36 weeks of post-menstrual age.

Maximum MAP mesured in cmH2O at 7 and 28 days of age, 36 weeks of postmenstrual age.

Incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia36 weeks of post-menstrual age.

BPD will be defined according to the 2001 workshop definition (Jobe AH, Bancalari E. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. American Lung Association; 2001; pp 1723-9).

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