- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT02449863
Lung Ultrasound as a Predictor of Mechanical Ventilation in Neonates Older Than 32 Weeks
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Neonatal respiratory distress prognosis may be difficult to estimate at admission. Lung ultrasound is a useful diagnostic tool that is quick, requires little training and is radiation free. This study analyzes whether early lung ultrasound can predict respiratory failure.
Methods This study was conducted from January to December 2014 at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain), a third-level hospital with 3300 births per year and a neonatal intensive care unit with annual admission of 700 patients.
Local institutional review board of Hospital Sant Joan de Déu approved the protocol (project approval number PIC-07-15) and written informed consent was obtained from all parents.
Patients older than 32 weeks admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with respiratory distress who were not on invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) were eligible for recruitment.
A single operator, a neonatologist skilled in lung and heart sonography, performed the examinations. Images were then analysed by another neonatologist with less experience in LUS. He was blind to the perinatal history and chest radiography of the newborns and unaware of the clinical diagnosis. Infants were from a non-consecutive convenience sample recruited when the operator was available for the execution of LUS in the first 2 hours of life.
Examinations were performed with a portable device (Siemens Acuson X) using a 10MHz linear probe and previously warmed gel. Eight video clips were stored at each examination, which was performed at the patient's bedside, with the neonate placed in a supine position. In each hemithorax 4 regions were evaluated: parasternal area, anterolateral axillary area, posterior axillary area, and the fifth intercostal space, by means of a transversal scan. The LUS procedures were carried out in 1.5-2 minutes.
Infants were classified into 2 groups, according to the LUS pattern:
- Low risk: Normal, transient tachypnea of the newborn.
- High risk: Respiratory distress syndrome, meconium aspiration syndrome, pneumothorax, pneumonia.
A second investigator made the same classification after reading chest x-ray pictures. Respiratory failure was defined as the need for invasive mechanical ventilation during the first day of life.
A single consultant, a neonatologist expert in lung disease, also blinded to the patient's perinatal history and clinical condition, made the x-ray diagnosis.
Finally, another consultant neonatologist made the final clinical diagnosis taking into account complete patient's medical history except LUS information.
Perinatal and anthropometric data (gestational age, weight, sex, antenatal steroids, and delivery method) were collected from clinical charts and data regarding neonatal respiratory evolution (hours of oxygen and ventilation, respiratory support-NIV, conventional MV, high frequency oscillatory ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-and need for surfactant) were collected during admission.
Statistics All data were analysed using IBM SPSS version 20.0 (IBM Corporation, USA). Clinical features and respiratory outcomes were summarized using descriptive statistics (frequency distribution for categorical data and mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile range for continuous data). Univariate analysis included the Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test, as appropriate, for categorical comparisons, and t-Student or Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables. Wilson method was used to compute confidence interval (CI). Cohen´s kappa coefficient was provided to assess agreement between sonographic and radiologic risk patterns. Predictive values and related parameters (sensibility, specificity and likelihood ratios) were calculated for both diagnostic tests (sonographic pattern risk and radiologic pattern risk); ROC analysis was used to assess efficiency. CI of Area Under the Curve was obtained by the exact method (Clopper-Pearson). All hypothesis tests were two sided and p value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
- Hospital Sant Joan De Deu
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Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
- Javier Rodriguez Fanjul
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Sampling Method
Study Population
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients older than 32 weeks admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit with respiratory distress who were not on invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) were eligible for recruitment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients younger than 32 weeks
- Patients with mechanic ventilation ar admission
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Observational Models: Cohort
- Time Perspectives: Prospective
Cohorts and Interventions
Group / Cohort |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Low risk ultrasound
Patients with a low risk ultrasound
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Lung ultrasound performed to newborns with respiratory distress
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High risk ultrasound
Patients with a high risk ultrasound
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Lung ultrasound performed to newborns with respiratory distress
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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investigate whether LUS performed during the first 2 hours of life is a useful tool to predict respiratory failure of neonates older than 32 weeks with respiratory distress
Time Frame: 2 hours of life
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2 hours of life
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Javier Rodríguez-Fanjul, M.D., Hospital Sant Joan de Déu. Esplugues de Llobregat. Spain
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- PIC-07-15
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