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Clinical Trials/CTRI/2017/10/010012
CTRI/2017/10/010012CompletedPhase 3

Randomized controlled trial of two different doses of intravenous paracetamol for PDA closure in preterm infants less than 30 weeks

Surya Childrens Medicare Private limited0 sites102 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Phase 3
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
102

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Preterm infants with a) gestation age less than 28weeks or b) between 28-30 weeks on invasive mechanical ventilation or on CPAP with FiO2 requirements more than 35%
  • having 2D echocardiographic evidence of hemodynamically significant PDA (duct size more than 1.5mm narrowest internal diameter, Left Atrium/Aorta more than 1.5, left to right flow across shunt, reversal of flow in distal aorta) diagnosed at 18-24 hours of life.

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1.Infants having complex cyanotic heart disease or duct dependent cardiac lesion.
  • 2.Infants who were admitted to hospital after 72 hours of life.
  • 3.Infants perceived unlikely to survive the first week of life.
  • 4.Antenatal diagnosed serious congenital anomaly such as multicystic dysplastic kidney and polycystic disease of kidney)
  • 5.maternal tocolytic therapy with indomethacin or another prostaglandin inhibitor within 72 hrs prior to delivery

Investigators

Sponsor
Surya Childrens Medicare Private limited

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