Nadolol for Proliferating Infantile Hemangiomas
Infantile Hemangioma
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Infantile Hemangioma focused on measuring infantile hemangioma, nadolol
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Intervention Group
- Infants aged 1 month to 1 year of age with head and neck hemangiomas currently causing /or with impending function loss (e.g. vision, airway obstruction, feeding, etc), or hemangiomas currently causing/or with potential for facial disfigurement.
Historical Control Group
- Infants aged 1 month to 1 year of age with head and neck hemangiomas that received treatment with systemic propranolol in the past 2 years
Angiogenesis Marker Control Group
- Infants aged 1 month to 1 year attending dermatology clinic
Exclusion Criteria:
Intervention Group
- Patients with PHACES syndrome (proven) or suspected PHACES (plaque like hemangioma awaiting imaging).
- Children with history of hypersensitivity to beta blockers
- Children with personal history or family history of a first degree relative with asthma
- Children with known renal impairment
- Children with known cardiac conditions which may predispose to heart blocks
- Personal history of hypoglycemia
- Children on medications that may interact with beta blockers
Historical Control Group:
- No digital photography available documenting IHs progression
Angiogenesis Marker Control Group:
- Children with IH
- Children on beta blocker or systemic corticosteroids
Sites / Locations
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
No Intervention
No Intervention
Intervention Group:
Historical control group
Angiogenesis marker control group
The patients in this study are infants aged 1 month to 1 year of age with head and neck hemangiomas currently causing /or with impending function loss (e.g. vision, airway obstruction, feeding, etc), or hemangiomas currently causing/or with potential for facial disfigurement Infants aged 1 month to 1 year of age with head and neck hemangiomas that received treatment with systemic propranolol in the past 2 years as a control group
Ten infants (1-12 months of age) treated with propranolol will be identified from a Dermatology Database. Patients will be considered as controls if they were treated with propranolol before 1 year of age and had digital photography documentation of their hemangioma.
The angiogenesis marker control group will consist of 6 -10 patients seen in the Dermatology clinic for conditions other than IH and not receiving corticosteroids or beta blockers.