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Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate as an Adjunct to Standard Therapy in Asthma Exacerbation

A Phase 4 interventional study of Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate and Nebulized isotonic saline in Asthma, sponsored by Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad - Escuela Medico Naval. Status unknown at 1 site in Mexico. Open to participants aged 2 Years to 15 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-12-02.

Sponsored by Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad - Escuela Medico Naval · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Oct 2015), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
152
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
2 Years to 15 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of nebulized magnesium sulfate in patient with moderate to severe asthma exacerbation in pediatric emergency

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The inclusion period of the patients in this research will be on September 2015 to November 2015. Patients are going to be selected by the medical staff on duty in the emergency paediatric service, according to the criteria previously established inclusion and exclusion. Immediately a baseline degree of respiratory distress using PRAM scale and heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation. While informed consent in which the objective and characteristics of the study will be obtained will be explained.

Patients will be randomly assigned one of the two treatments in the Research: standard treatment for moderate to severe asthma attack, according to GINA or standard treatment plus nebulised magnesium sulphate, according to the table of random allocation of treatment.

Evaluations were performed after administration of each spray, that is, at 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment. The parameters' to evaluate are going to be heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and assessment of severity of acute asthma with PRAM scale.

The application of nebulized drugs are made in the emergency department of pediatrics by inhalation therapy staff who are also responsible for the preparation of medicines. It is clear that this staff not participate in the evaluation of patients, which will be performed by the research staff or by medical staff on duty in the pediatric emergency department.

Patients and evaluating physician will not pick out between the two solutions for nebulization not only colour but also smell or other special feature, because the solutions were arranged in two identical syringes. Administered alone at the end of the study treatment is known.

Later the entry or exit of the patient decide, who can be egress to show clinical improvement with decreased severity index PRAM, patients will be graduates of an outpatient treatment according to international guidelines on the management of acute asthma. All initial and outcome data will be recorded in a format of data collection All decisions will be made by patients pediatricians emergency department which will follow patients throughout the study and will have the power to release the study patients to use other interventions that they consider clinically necessary

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Conditions studied

  • Asthma

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Keywords

  • Asthma
  • Exacerbation
  • Nebulization
  • Magnesium
  • Pediatric
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In context

Asthma

3,921 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 507 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 152 is above the median of 83 across 2,752 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.

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Lead sponsor

Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad - Escuela Medico Naval is the lead sponsor of 9 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
2 Years to 15 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of moderate or severe asthma exacerbations
  • 2 to 15 years old.
  • Served in the pediatric emergency department of naval high specialty General Hospital from September to December 2015.
  • Signing the consent by the parents.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Coexistence of lung disease.
  • Severe kidney disease.
  • Severe liver disease.
  • Pregnancy.
  • Known previous reaction to magnesium.
  • Parents who have not signed the agreement.
  • Patients without a clinical history of asthma.
  • Clinical diagnosis of mild asthma attack.
  • Previously included in the study.
  • Presence of comorbidities that endanger the patient's life.
  • The patient has clinical or gasometric criteria for advanced airway management.
  • Life-threatening symptoms.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
152 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate

    Nebulized salbutamol and ipratropium bromide mixed with 2.5 ml of isotonic MgSO4. Intravenous methylprednisolone or oral prednisolone

    Drug: Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate · Drug: Nebulized Salbutamol · Drug: Ipratropium bromide · Drug: Methylprednisolone or Prednisolone

  • Placebo comparator
    Nebulized isotonic saline

    Nebulized salbutamol and ipratropium bromide with 2.5 ml of isotonic saline. Intravenous methylprednisolone or oral prednisolone

    Drug: Nebulized isotonic saline · Drug: Nebulized Salbutamol · Drug: Ipratropium bromide · Drug: Methylprednisolone or Prednisolone

Interventions

  • DrugNebulized Magnesium Sulfate

    Nebulized salbutamol and ipratropium bromide mixed with 2.5 ml of isotonic MgSO4 (150 mg) per dose every 20 minutes during the first hour. will be continued with nebulized standard treatment every hour for 4 hours.

    Also known as: MgSO4

  • DrugNebulized isotonic saline

    Nebulized salbutamol and ipratropium bromide mixed with 2.5 ml of isotonic saline per dose every 20 minutes during the first hour. will be continued with nebulized standard treatment every hour for 4 hours.

    Also known as: Standard treatment

  • DrugNebulized Salbutamol

    Nebulized salbutamol 2.5mg (2-5 years) or 5 mg (≥6 years)

  • DrugIpratropium bromide

    Nebulized ipratropium bromide 250 mcg

  • DrugMethylprednisolone or Prednisolone

    Begin with intravenous methylprednisolone or oral prednisolone 2 mg/kg/day for each treatment

    Also known as: Corticosteroid therapy

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline Preschool Respiratory Assessment Measure (PRAM)

    Scalene muscle contraction, Suprasternal retractions, Wheezing, Air entry and O2 saturation. The score will be considering from the addition per each primary measure.

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  2. Change from Baseline Scalene muscle contraction

    Absent (0) or Present (2)

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  3. Change from Baseline Suprasternal retractions

    Absent (0) or Present (2)

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  4. Change from Baseline Wheezing

    Normal (0), Decreased at bases (1), Widespread decrease (2), or Absent/minimal (3)

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  5. Change from Baseline Air entry

    Absent (0), Expiratory only (1), Inspiratory and expiratory (2) or Audible without (3) stethoscope/silent chest with minimal air entry

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  6. Change from Baseline O2 saturation

    ≥95% (0), 92%-94% (1) or \<92% (2)

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Rate of hospitalization

    Reduction the rate of hospitalization

    Time frame: 4 hour

  2. Change from Baseline Heart rate

    Beats per minute

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  3. Change from Baseline Respiratory rate

    Breaths per minute

    Time frame: 20, 40, 60, 120, 180 and 240 minutes after beginning treatment

  4. Change from Baseline Blood pressure

    mmHg

    Time frame: 60 minutes after beginning treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad
    México, Distrito Federal 04480, Mexico
    • Jesús Abisai Uicab Saucedo, Pediatrician · Contact · abisaipec@msn.com · (52)5550371200
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

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  • Gorelick MH, Stevens MW, Schultz TR, Scribano PV. Performance of a novel clinical score, the Pediatric Asthma Severity Score (PASS), in the evaluation of acute asthma. Acad Emerg Med. 2004 Jan;11(1):10-8. doi: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.07.015. PubMed 14709423 ↗
  • Rodrigo GJ, Plaza Moral V, Forns SB, Castro-Rodriguez JA, de Diego Damia A, Cortes SL, Moreno CM, Nannini LJ, Neffen H, Salas J; SEPAR; ALAT. [ALERTA 2 guidelines. Latin America and Spain: recommendations for the prevention and treatment of asmatic exacerbations. Spanish Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery Society (SEPAR). Asthma Department of the Latinamerican Thoracic Association (ALAT)]. Arch Bronconeumol. 2010 Oct;46 Suppl 7:2-20. doi: 10.1016/S0300-2896(10)70041-7. No abstract available. Spanish. PubMed 21320808 ↗
  • Gourgoulianis KI, Chatziparasidis G, Chatziefthimiou A, Molyvdas PA. Magnesium as a relaxing factor of airway smooth muscles. J Aerosol Med. 2001 Fall;14(3):301-7. doi: 10.1089/089426801316970259. PubMed 11693841 ↗
  • Dominguez LJ, Barbagallo M, Di Lorenzo G, Drago A, Scola S, Morici G, Caruso C. Bronchial reactivity and intracellular magnesium: a possible mechanism for the bronchodilating effects of magnesium in asthma. Clin Sci (Lond). 1998 Aug;95(2):137-42. PubMed 9680494 ↗
  • Cairns CB, Kraft M. Magnesium attenuates the neutrophil respiratory burst in adult asthmatic patients. Acad Emerg Med. 1996 Dec;3(12):1093-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03366.x. PubMed 8959161 ↗
  • Mohammed S, Goodacre S. Intravenous and nebulised magnesium sulphate for acute asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis. Emerg Med J. 2007 Dec;24(12):823-30. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.052050. PubMed 18029512 ↗
  • Shan Z, Rong Y, Yang W, Wang D, Yao P, Xie J, Liu L. Intravenous and nebulized magnesium sulfate for treating acute asthma in adults and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Respir Med. 2013 Mar;107(3):321-30. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.12.001. Epub 2013 Jan 3. PubMed 23290189 ↗
  • Powell C, Dwan K, Milan SJ, Beasley R, Hughes R, Knopp-Sihota JA, Rowe BH. Inhaled magnesium sulfate in the treatment of acute asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Dec 12;12:CD003898. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003898.pub5. PubMed 23235599 ↗
  • Goodacre S, Cohen J, Bradburn M, Gray A, Benger J, Coats T; 3Mg Research Team. Intravenous or nebulised magnesium sulphate versus standard therapy for severe acute asthma (3Mg trial): a double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Jun;1(4):293-300. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70070-5. Epub 2013 May 17. PubMed 24429154 ↗
  • Powell CV, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Lowe J, Boland A, Petrou S, Doull I, Hood K, Williamson PR; MAGNETIC study group. MAGNEsium Trial In Children (MAGNETIC): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial and economic evaluation of nebulised magnesium sulphate in acute severe asthma in children. Health Technol Assess. 2013 Oct;17(45):v-vi, 1-216. doi: 10.3310/hta17450. PubMed 24144222 ↗
  • Alansari K, Ahmed W, Davidson BL, Alamri M, Zakaria I, Alrifaai M. Nebulized magnesium for moderate and severe pediatric asthma: A randomized trial. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2015 Dec;50(12):1191-9. doi: 10.1002/ppul.23158. Epub 2015 Feb 4. PubMed 25652104 ↗
  • Rowe BH. Intravenous and inhaled MgSO4 for acute asthma. Lancet Respir Med. 2013 Jun;1(4):276-7. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70097-3. Epub 2013 May 17. No abstract available. PubMed 24429139 ↗
  • Petrou S, Boland A, Khan K, Powell C, Kolamunnage-Dona R, Lowe J, Doull I, Hood K, Williamson P. Economic evaluation of nebulized magnesium sulphate in acute severe asthma in children. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2014 Oct;30(4):354-60. doi: 10.1017/S0266462314000440. Epub 2014 Nov 14. PubMed 25394502 ↗
  • Wang H, Xiong Y, Gong C, Yin L, Yan L, Yuan X, Liu S, Shi T, Dai J. Effect of inhaled magnesium sulfate on bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Indian J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;82(4):321-7. doi: 10.1007/s12098-014-1476-6. Epub 2014 Jun 12. PubMed 24916134 ↗
  • Smith SR, Baty JD, Hodge D 3rd. Validation of the pulmonary score: an asthma severity score for children. Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Feb;9(2):99-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2002.tb00223.x. PubMed 11825832 ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02584738
Lead sponsor
Hospital General Naval de Alta Especialidad - Escuela Medico Naval
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 23, 2015
Start date
Sep 2015
Primary completion
Jan 2016 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 2018 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 2, 2015

Study contacts

Jesús Abisai Uicab Saucedo, Pediatrician
Contact
abisaipec@msn.com
(52)5550371200 ext. 5423
Jesús Abisai Uicab Saucedo, Pediatrician
principal investigator · Secretaria de Marina

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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