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Predictive Value of Lung Ultrasound for Respiratory Decompensation in Late Preterm Neonates

NCT07216053 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-05-22

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Summary

Respiratory morbidity presents a significant clinical challenge in the neonatal period, and an individual patient's clinical course is often difficult to predict. This is especially true for late-preterm infants, who share some of the same risks of premature babies in terms or respiratory morbidity, but whose births may not always be attended by a neonatologist, or who may be born at hospitals with lower level Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and require transfer if they decompensate.

With this study, the aim is to 1) determine the efficacy of early point of care lung ultrasound (LUS) to predict respiratory decompensation in the first 48 hours of life in late preterm infants and 2) to compare the performance of three lung ultrasound scoring systems, 3 type-of-lung, high risk pattern and total LUS scoring systems.

Conditions

  • Pre-Term
  • Respiratory Distress of Newborn
  • Premature

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Point of care lung ultrasound

Point-of-care lung ultrasound (POC LUS) in their first 4 hours of life and be scored based on three established scoring systems

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hackensack Meridian Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicole Spillane · Hackensack Meridian Health

Eligibility

Min Age
34 Weeks
Max Age
36 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-06
Primary Completion
2027-11-30
Completion
2027-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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