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Efficacy and Time and Resources for Hylenex-facilitated SC Rehydration Versus ORT for Dehydrated Children in the Emergency Department (ED)

Phase 4
Withdrawn
Conditions
Dehydration
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT01120431
Lead Sponsor
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
Brief Summary

The purpose is to evaluate the safety and efficacy as well as the time and resources needed in the ED setting to achieve rehydration in young pediatric subjects with mild to moderate dehydration using hylenex-facilitated SC rehydration versus oral rehydration therapy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
WITHDRAWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female and aged 2 months to 2 years
  • Presenting to ED with mild or moderate dehydration
  • Candidate for both parenteral and oral rehydration therapies
  • Healthy, except for underlying etiology for dehydration
  • Naive to ORT or having received attempted ORT at home for current occurrence of dehydration.
  • Pre-dehydration body weight greater than 5th percentile for age
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severe dehydration
  • Shock or a life-threatening situation
  • Any condition precluding SC infusion or infusion site evaluation in all possible anatomical locations (upper back, anterior thighs, abdomen, other potential areas) for SC infusion
  • Medical reason or condition precluding administration of ORT
  • Indwelling IV catheter (except one intended only for laboratory sample collection) or anticipated need for IV therapy during the study
  • Anticipated need for hospitalization(other than for rehydration)
  • Known hypersensitivity to hyaluronidase or any other ingredient in the formulation of hylenex recombinant
  • Known hyponatremia, hypernatremia or hypokalemia
  • Medical condition likely to interfere with ability to fully complete protocol-specified interventions and assessments, or likely to prolong need for medical attention beyond that required for rehydration
  • Participation in an investigational drug or device study within 30 days before participation in this study

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Oral rehydration therapyOral rehydration fluid-
hylenex-facilitated SC hydrationIsotonic hydration fluid and recombinant human hyaluronidase-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total resource utilization in the ED2 to 8 hours
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of successful rehydration in the ED2 to 8 hours

Clinical judgement of adequate hydration, and either: 1) stable or increased body weight or 2) urine production

Occurrence of other adverse events7 days
Time to ED discharge2 to 8 hours
Global satisfaction and ease-of-use assessments by healthcare provider(s) and parent/caregiver2 to 8 hours
Occurrence of infusion site pain or other local reactions2 to 8 hours
Amount of rehydration fluid administered2 to 8 hours
Vital signs2 to 8 hours

Blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature

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