The Effect and Safety of Low Dose Nebulized Epinephrine in Croup

NCT01664507 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2018-01-09

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Summary

Croup is common illness presenting emergency department with dyspnea. The main treatment for croup is nebulized L-epinephrine and steroid. The study for the dose of nebulized L-epinephrine is restricted that the study of comparision between racemic epinephrine and L-epinephrine.

The investigators conducted this study to compare the effectiveness of low dose L-epinephrine with conventional dose L-epinephrine.

Conditions

  • Croup
  • Epinephrine, Administration, Inhalation

Interventions

DRUG

conventional dose epinephrine

conventional dose epinephrine : 0.5mg/kg + 0.9% normal saline

DRUG

low dose epinephrine

low dose epineprhine : 0.1mg/kg + 0.9% normal saline

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-08-31
Completion
2018-08-31

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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