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Clinical Trials/NCT04037514
NCT04037514
Completed
Phase 3

Paracetamol Versus Ibuprofen in Premature Infants With Hemodynamically Significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Máximo Vento Torres4 sites in 1 country133 target enrollmentJuly 7, 2017

Overview

Phase
Phase 3
Intervention
Ibuprofen
Conditions
Patent Ductus Arteriosus After Premature Birth
Sponsor
Máximo Vento Torres
Enrollment
133
Locations
4
Primary Endpoint
Rate of closure of the hsPDA after treatment with paracetamol (experimental drug) versus ibuprofen (control drug).
Status
Completed
Last Updated
4 months ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Multicentric, double-blind clinical trial, which will evaluate the efficacy of iv paracetamol versus standard treatment with ibuprofen in the closure of patent ductus arteriosus in the preterm newborn. Secondarily, we intend to compare the safety of both treatments, increase our knowledge about the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenetics of paracetamol and ibuprofen in the neonatal period and make a pharmacoeconomic assessment of the use of both drugs.

Detailed Description

Those newborns ≤ 30 weeks of gestational age who are diagnosed in the first 2 weeks of hemodynamically significant ductus arteriosus and who do not meet any exclusion criteria will be eligible to participate in the study. The PARACETAMOL group will receive intravenous doses of 15 mg/kg administered every 6h for 3 days (up to a maximum of 2 courses, i.e. 6 days). The IBUPROFEN group (control group) will receive the usual treatment, this is an initial dose of 10 mg/kg followed by 5 mg/kg intravenously at 24 and 48 hours after the first (all three doses are considered a treatment course), up a maximum of 2 courses). A daily echocardiographic control will be performed to evaluate the closure of the ductus. If the ductus remains open and with significant clinical repercussion after completing a 3-day course of treatment, another batch of 3 doses of the same treatment will be administered. If medical treatment fails after two courses (6 days), the possibility of administering a batch of Ibuprofen at usual doses in both groups with the intention of offering standard treatment to all patients will be considered. Once the medical treatment with both drugs is completed if the ductus remains significant, the surgical closure will be carried out.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
July 7, 2017
End Date
December 18, 2024
Last Updated
4 months ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Máximo Vento Torres
Responsible Party
Sponsor Investigator
Principal Investigator

Máximo Vento Torres

Scientific Director Health Research Institute La Fe

Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria La Fe

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Written Informed consent of parents/guardians
  • Gestacional Age ≤30 weeks
  • Postnatal age ≤ 2 weeks
  • Need for ventilatory support
  • Born in participating hospital/arrival to them within the period of application of the treatment
  • 1 st episode of hemodynamically significant Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Exclusion Criteria

  • Major congenital malformations or chromosomopathies
  • Refusal to participate and / or sign the informed consent.
  • Impossibility or erroneous randomization
  • Participation in another clinical trial with drugs
  • Diuresis less than 1 ml / kg / h for 8 h prior to treatment
  • Greater than 1.8 mg / dl Creatinine
  • Platelets below 50,000 / uL
  • Active bleeding (tracheal, gastrointestinal and renal)
  • Intraventricular hemorrhage recently (48h) (grades 3-4)
  • Severe hyperbilirubinemia

Arms & Interventions

Ibuprofen

Intravenous ibuprofen 10 mg/kg/24 h (day 1) and 5 mg/kg/24h (day 2 and 3) for 3 or 6 days

Intervention: Ibuprofen

Paracetamol

Intravenous paracetamol 15 mg/kg/6h for 3 or 6 days

Intervention: Paracetamol

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Rate of closure of the hsPDA after treatment with paracetamol (experimental drug) versus ibuprofen (control drug).

Time Frame: 24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention

It will include the closure rate after the first course of treatment, considered as ductus diameter \< 1 mm monitored by echocardiography performed by a pediatric cardiology specialist.

Secondary Outcomes

  • Need for surgical ligation(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Need for rescue treatment after two courses of treatment(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Need for a second course of treatment(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Closure rate after two treatment courses(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Reopening rate after closure(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Closing rate after reopening(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Incidence of early complications(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Incidence of late complications(from randomization until 2 years)
  • Pharmacodynamics model of paracetamol in the context of hsPDA: Maximum Plasma Concentration [Cmax](24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention)
  • Pharmacodynamics model of paracetamol in the context of hsPDA: Minimum Plasma Concentration [Cmin](24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention)
  • Pharmacodynamics model of paracetamol in the context of hsPDA: Area Under the Curve [AUC])(24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention)
  • Time required until closing(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Pharmacodynamics model of paracetamol in the context of hsPDA: urine metabolites(24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention)
  • Pharmacogenetics of paracetamol(24-48 hours after the completion of study intervention)
  • Genotoxicity mesured by %DNA damage(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)
  • Price-effectiveness ratio. Cost-effectiveness analysis depending on the efficiency obtained in the treatment.(from randomization until discharge, an average of 2 months)

Study Sites (4)

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