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The Efficacy and Safety of Azithromycin in Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Ureaplasma-positive Preterm Infants

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Registration Number
KCT0002373
Lead Sponsor
Asan Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
56
Inclusion Criteria

? A premature infant born at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul with birth weight less than 1,500 g or less than 32 weeks of gestational age
? A positive result of ureaplasma test (culture or PCR test in gastric juice or tracheal aspirate and nasopharyngeal aspirate) performed after birth (within 30 minutes to 24 hours)
? Oxygen partial pressures of 0.4 or more, or ventilator-assisted infant (conventional ventilator, high frequency oscillatory ventilator, synchonized noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, nasal continuous positive airway pressure, bubble continuous positive airway pressure, heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula)
? Parents who have voluntarily participated in this trial have voluntarily signed their written consent.

Exclusion Criteria

? When accompanied by major congenital anomalies
? When the collection of specimens for research is impossible due to respiratory failure
? When there is QT interval extension on ECG (QTc> 450 ms)
? If it is judged by researchers that it is difficult to carry out the clinical trial

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia;Ureaplasma eradication rate (culture, PCR);Cytokine(IL-1b, IL-6, IL-10) level;Oxygen use rate, systemic steroid administration rate, weight gain rate, hospitalization period;Frequency and severity of adverse events and serious adverse events;Vital signs, laboratory tests and physical examinations
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