Clinical trial NCT00234247: Prolonged Outcomes After Nitric Oxide (PrONOx)
Official title: Study of the Long-term Outcomes of Nitric Oxide for Ventilated Premature Babies
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Lung Diseases
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
Premature Birth
Developmental Disabilities
Developmental Delay Disorders
Lead sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
First posted: 2005-10-06
Enrollment: 652
Sex: ALL
Maximum age (years): 48
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Neonatal intensive care patients - those with prematurity-associated respiratory failure following modern management.

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to look at the long term consequences of prematurity in infants treated with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) while in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Detailed description: Prematurity-associated respiratory failure is a growing public health problem. Although mortality has dropped with advances in perinatal care, this condition consumes considerable healthcare resources and is increasingly associated with worrisome long-term morbidity, developmental delay, and family burden. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a selective pulmonary vasodilator that improves short-term outcomes in term neonates with respiratory failure, may benefit premature infants. Consequently, a NHLBI-funded randomized controlled trial (iNO RCT- NHLBI U01 HL064857) is assessing the effect of iNO on the combined end-point of mortality or oxygen dependency at 36 weeks post conceptional age in 800 infants with prematurity-associated respiratory failure.

However, prematurity-associated respiratory failure has a different etiology from respiratory failure in term infants and the wide array of long-term consequences that may be affected by iNO are not captured under the existing study design.

We therefore are extending and enhance the follow-up of the NHLBI iNO RCT. Specifically, we are assessing the effects of INO use on: #1. - long-term clinical and childhood developmental outcomes; #2. - family burden, and; #3. - healthcare costs of prematurity-associated respiratory failure. Under aim #4, we will use data from aims #1-3 to assess the cost-effectiveness of iNO in ventilated premature infants.

We are achieving these aims by augmenting the NHLBI iNO RCT data collection with: i.) survival follow-up for an average of 4 1/2 years; ii.) comprehensive, standardized follow-up clinic visits at 1, 2, 3 and 4 1/2 years to assess clinical outcomes, childhood development, and family burden; iii.) structured telephone interviews with parents every 3 months in year 1 and every 6 months thereafter for an average of 4½ years to assess chronic morbidity and post-discharge healthcare use; iv.) collection of detailed hospital bills for the primary hospitalization, and; v.) a comprehensive analysis plan.

This study will allow us to determine the long-term consequences of iNO therapy in this condition, aiding clinicians, families, and policymakers and immediately affecting care of critically ill infants. By combining with the NHLBI iNO RCT, we take advantage of an important opportunity to gather prospective long-term outcome data in a randomized fashion. Our proposal will significantly increase the return on investment in the RCT through a greater understanding of the impact of iNO therapy from a societal perspective. Neonatal intensive care has changed dramatically in the last ten years. This study will also provide contemporary information on the long-term outcomes of prematurity-associated respiratory failure following modern management. Finally, our data will allow assessment of the robustness of early proxies for subsequent outcomes, key for future study design in this area.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Enrolled in "Inhaled NO for the Prevention of Chronic Lung Disease" trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00006401).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Did not consent to extended follow-up.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assess the cost-effectiveness of iNO in ventilated premature infants using: long term clinical and childhood developmental outcomes; family impact; and healthcare costs of prematurity-associated respiratory failure
timeFrame: Five Years
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Study officials:
affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
name: Derek C Angus, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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