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Clinical Trials/NCT03736707
NCT03736707
Recruiting
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High-Frequency Oscillation Ventilation Versus Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Very Preterm Infants With Perinatal Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Multicenters Randomized Controlled, Superiority Trial

Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University1 site in 1 country400 target enrollmentOctober 1, 2025

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Enrollment
400
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia(BPD)
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
6 months ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a complex disorder and remains the most common complication in very preterm infants. Its incidence is increased with gestational age from 95.5% among infants born at 22 weeks' gestation to 22.2% among those born at 29 weeks' gestation. BPD is associated with the increased risks of delayed neurodevelopment and pulmonary impairment. High incidences of BPD and morbidities indicate inadequacy of current management guidelines of BPD.3 Caffeine reduces the development of BPD by lowering the duration of intubation.4 How to further reduce the risk of BPD and the duration of invasive ventilation remain the key focus for neonatologists.

Detailed Description

Before 2017, the management guideline of pediatric and adult acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) exclude perinatal triggers-induced ARDS. Moreover, there is insufficient evidence to recommend high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) or conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) as the preferred fist-line therapy in pediatric and adult ARDS. In contrast, HFOV may benefit preterm baboons with acute pulmonary dysfunction-typically due to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)-by using low tidal volume, supra-physiologically higher respiratory rate, and lower peak inspiratory pressure to enhance oxygenation and gas exchange. The team also reported that use of HFOV is associated with a modest reduction referring to BPD. However, European consensus guideline of RDS only recommend HFOV being a reasonable alternative to CMV when high pressure is needed to achieve adequate lung inflation. Because randomized controlled trials in humans have yielded inconsistent findings. These differences between animal models-where RDS was induced and treated with surfactant alone-and clinical scenarios, where preterm birth often involved complex etiologies requiring both surfactant and antibiotics for placental insufficiency or intrauterine infection, may be the diagnosis of RDS and ARDS or the mixture of RDS and ARDS. Such findings highlighted the lack of robust evidence for optimizing ventilation strategies in preterm infants born \<32 weeks with perinatal ARDS, and the need for well-designed multi-center randomized controlled trials in this high-risk population.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
October 1, 2025
End Date
December 31, 2028
Last Updated
6 months ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Daping Hospital and the Research Institute of Surgery of the Third Military Medical University
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Chen Long,MD

Principal Investigator

Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia(BPD)

Time Frame: 36 weeks' gestational age

BPD is defined according to the 2019 diagnostic criteria. For infants discharged before 36 weeks' GA, BPD severity was assessed based on respiratory support at the time of discharge. Infants receiving no supplemental respiratory support were divided into no BPD, those treated with nasal cannula (≤ 2 L/min) as grade 1 BPD, those treated with nasal cannula (\> 2 L/min) or noninvasive positive airway pressure as grade 2 BPD and those treated with invasive mechanical ventilation as grade 3 BPD.

Secondary Outcomes

  • duration of invasive ventilation(36 weeks' gestational age)
  • mortality(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)
  • air leak (pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum) occurred(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)
  • the incidence of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA)(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)
  • the incidence of retinopathy of prematurity(ROP)> 2nd grades(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)
  • the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis(NEC)≥2nd stages(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)
  • intraventricular hemorrhage(IVH)>2nd grade(36 weeks' gestational age or before discharge)

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