Oxygen Delivery in CPAP and Its Relationship With Regional Lung Ventilation in Preterm Infants
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
With this study, it is expected to learn more about preterm babies on breathing support with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP). To gain more information on how much oxygen is actually delivered to the baby from the nCPAP machine.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Gestational age at birth must be less than 35 weeks of completed gestation as documented in the subject's initial history and physical
• The infant must be stable while receiving nasal CPAP at any pressure level at the time of study
• The infant must be receiving 22-40% at the time of the study
Locations
United States
Arkansas
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
RECRUITING
Little Rock
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Little Rock
Contact Information
Primary
Nicholas A Rowley, MD
NARowley@uams.edu
940-230-5002
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-04-15
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-06
Participants
Target number of participants: 10
Treatments
Experimental: Infants on nCPAP
All infants on CPAP will have a catheter placed in their oropharynx to measure delivered oxygen and a soft band placed around the infant's chest to measure lung expansion.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Arkansas