Active clinical trials for "Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia"

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether treatment of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus with a combined therapy of intravenous Ibuprofen and oral acetaminophen has higher success rate in closing the ductus arteriosus than a standard treatment strategy of using intravenous ibuprofen alone among preterm infants.

A multicenter, placebo-controlled, randomized, dose escalation, safety, and tolerability study of UNEX-42 in infants born at <27 weeks of gestational age (GA) at high risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia of premature infants is a common respiratory disease in premature infants. Long-term complications such as recurrent respiratory infection and abnormal lung function may occur in the survivors, and may increase the risk of dysplasia of the nervous system. In the past 30 years, although the monitoring and treatment technology of premature infants has been significantly improved, the incidence of BPD still shows no downward trend, and effective treatment and prevention methods for BPD are still lacking. The progress of clinical research on BPD is slow, one of the important reasons is that the definition of BPD is still not consistent, and its diagnostic and grading standards lack objectivity. To summarize the development of diagnostic criteria for BPD in the past 30 years, there are still the following disadvantages. 1. 2. In the above study, all proposed alternative BPD classification standards did not completely separate HFNC and NIV. In view of this, this study separated HFNC and other NIV to form a new revised BPD classification standard. On this basis, a nested case-control study was conducted to compare the differences between the newly proposed classification standards and NICHD standards in 2001, Rosemary standards in 2018 and Jensen standards in predicting long-term respiratory outcomes and other systemic complications in premature infants, so as to provide a standard for more accurate diagnosis and evaluation of BPD in premature infants.

The purpose of this study is to compare two methods of delivering Nasal Continuous Airway Pressure (NCPAP): Biphasic Mode and a continuous mode, to see which is better in getting babies off the ventilator and decreasing lung damage.

This multicenter clinical trial tested whether minimal ventilation decreases death or BPD. Infants with birth weight 501g to 1000g and mechanically ventilated before 12 hours were randomly assigned to minimal ventilation (partial pressure of carbon dioxide [PCO(2)] target >52 mm Hg) or routine ventilation (PCO(2) target <48 mm Hg) and a tapered dexamethasone course or saline placebo for 10 days, using a 2 x 2 factorial design. The primary outcome was death or BPD at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age. Blood gases, ventilator settings, and FiO2 were recorded for 10 days; complications and outcomes were monitored to discharge. The infants' neurodevelopment was evaluated at 18-22 months corrected age.

The bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a respiratory disease of the premature child which lead to a reduction of gas exchange surface and to a prolonged respiratory failure. This disease has morphologic and functional consequences at adulthood and is today considered to be an early determinant of respiratory diseases at adulthood. The physiopathology of BPD is not well known. Several mechanisms could be involved especially a reparation failure favored by an increase of cellular senescence which is a permanent stop of cellular proliferation. The transcription factor 16 Ink4a, considered as a marker of aging, is one of the essential markers of senescence. Its increase during prematurity was shown at the blood cells of the cordon, but its involvement in BPD and its evolution in child are not yet studied.

Oxygen treatment is common in management of preterm babies requiring intensive care. Delivery of too much or too little oxygen increase the risk of damage to eyes and lungs, and contributes to death and disability. Oxygen control in preterm infants requires frequent adjustments in the amount of oxygen delivered to the baby. This is generally performed manually by a clinician attending the baby, and generally directed to maintaining a specific range of blood oxygen saturation. The manual control often results in only half of the time in the specified range, with the baby experiencing high and low blood oxygen saturations. The technology being studied is designed to assist the clinician in maintaining blood oxygen saturation within target range by measuring oxygen saturation and automatically adjusting the amount of oxygen delivered for babies receiving high velocity nasal insufflation (an advanced form of high flow oxygen therapy). The proposed study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of the automatic control of oxygen by the new technology, as compared to manual control, among babies receiving high velocity therapy in a neonatal intensive care unit.

This is a long term follow-up study of the open label, single-center, phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety of Pneumostem® in premature infants with BPD.

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the role of bedside lung ultrasound in infants born prematurely with breathing problems. The main question this study aims to answer is: Can bedside lung ultrasound performed in the first month of life predict the development of chronic lung disease in premature infants?

Extremely preterm infants are at risk for developing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and associated chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH), a consequence of altered pulmonary vasculature. This condition occurs in about 25% of babies with BPD, and the association grows with increasing BPD severity. Other risk factors have been described as well. Morbidity and mortality associated with prematurity and/or BPD increase significantly in the presence of PH. Thus, international guidelines encourage the use of standardized screening protocols for this condition. However, several questions regarding these recommendations are left unanswered, such as a clear definition for PH in this population. The research aim is to prospectively evaluate prevalence, risk factors and clinical course of PH in these children. The investigators aim to identify at-risk infants early on and ultimately improve survival making use of an early targeted intervention.