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CompletedNCT03007056HIFLOUpdated Jan 2, 2017

High Flow Nasal Cannula in Preterm Infants

An observational study in Prematurity; Extreme, sponsored by Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 1 Day to 6 Months. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-01-02.

Sponsored by Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
207
Ages
1 Day to 6 Months
Sex
All
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Study summary

The HIFLO study evaluates the impact of HFNC oxygen therapy on duration of nCPAP therapy, oxygen therapy and hospitalization. The cost of use of CPAP and two HFNC devices are also evaluated.

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Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) is widely used in preterm infants as it is efficient, but it creates an unfavorable environment for preterm infants. Indeed is a primary source of continuous noise in neonatal units and causes discomfort, pain, skin lesions. High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) introduced more recently in neonatal care supplies high allowing for carbon dioxide nasopharyngeal wash-out, reduction of work of breathing and is well tolerated. HFNC could help to improve the environment of preterm infants by reducing deleterious stimuli (noise, pain, discomfort) and by facilitating the contact between parents and babies. Efficacy of HFNC seems to be similar to other non-invasive respiratory supports for preventing treatment failure, death and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. The benefits of HFNC implementation was only slightly analyzed in extremely preterm infants. the place of HFNC is becoming increasingly important in neonatology and could help to improve the quality of care. Few HFNC devices are available but their cost of use has not been evaluated in Europe.

HIFLO study aimed to assess the impact of HFNC therapy introduction, on exposure to nCPAP and on the duration of oxygen therapy and hospital stay in preterm infants and in a subgroup of extremely preterm infants. The investigators also aim to evaluate the cost of use of nCPAP and HFNC using two different devices.

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Conditions studied

  • Prematurity; Extreme

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Keywords

  • high flow nasal cannula
  • nasal continuous positive airway pressure
  • noninvasive ventilatory support
  • newborn developmental care
  • bronchopulmonary dysplasia
  • weaning
  • pain
  • length of stay
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In context

Premature Birth

2,554 studies on the registry are indexed under Premature Birth; 498 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 207 is above the median of 112 across 777 observational studies indexed under Premature Birth.

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Lead sponsor

Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse is the lead sponsor of 8 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Day to 6 Months
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All preterm infants born during year 2011 and year 2014, before 32 weeks of gestational age (GA) or with a birth weight below 1500 g, hospitalized within the first 48 hours of life in the tertiary care unit at Croix-Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France and discharged home from the unit.

Inclusion criteria

  • Infants born before 32 weeks of gestational age
  • Birth weight below 1500 g
  • Infants hospitalized within the first 48 hours of life
  • Infants discharged home from our unit

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Infants transferred to another unit
  • Infants with a severe malformation
  • Infants requiring surgery
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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
207 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Period 1

    year 2011 nCPAP

  • Period 2

    year 2014 nCPAP and high flow nasal cannula

    Other: High flow nasal cannula

Interventions

  • OtherHigh flow nasal cannula

    High flow nasal cannula added to the therapeutic arsenal in neonatal care

    Also known as: HFNC

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Duration of exposure to nCPAP, expressed in days in the population of very preterm infants.

    The study aim to compare two periods, before and after HFNC implementation. During the first period, in 2011, nCPAP (Infant FlowSiPAP) was used as a first-line non-invasive respiratory support. During the second period, in 2014, the use of HFNC support was established as soon as it was possible instead of nCPAP for prevention of apnea, or after extubation, and sometimes in infants with moderate respiratory distress syndrome treated without surfactant. Demographic characteristics, antenatal data, birth characteristics and neonatal morbidities, non-invasive ventilation oxygen administration and HFNC, postnatal steroid therapy, total duration of hospital stay, will be collected from our electronic standardized patient record in which they are prospectively encoded. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses will be used to evaluate the difference of nCPAP therapy duration between Group 1 and Group 2 after adjustment on potential cofactors.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration of oxygen therapy (expressed in days) in the population of very preterm infants.

    The study aim to compare two periods, before and after HFNC implementation. During the first period, in 2011, nCPAP (Infant FlowSiPAP) was used as a first-line non-invasive respiratory support. During the second period, in 2014, the use of HFNC support was established as soon as it was possible instead of nCPAP for prevention of apnea, or after extubation, and sometimes in infants with moderate respiratory distress syndrome treated without surfactant. Demographic characteristics, antenatal data, birth characteristics and neonatal morbidities, non-invasive ventilation oxygen administration and HFNC, postnatal steroid therapy, total duration of hospital stay, will be collected from our electronic standardized patient record in which they are prospectively encoded. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses will be used to evaluate the difference of nCPAP therapy duration between Group 1 and Group 2 after adjustment on potential cofactors.

    Time frame: 2 years

  2. Duration of hospital stay (expressed in days) in the population of very preterm infants.

    The study aim to compare two periods, before and after HFNC implementation. During the first period, in 2011, nCPAP (Infant FlowSiPAP) was used as a first-line non-invasive respiratory support. During the second period, in 2014, the use of HFNC support was established as soon as it was possible instead of nCPAP for prevention of apnea, or after extubation, and sometimes in infants with moderate respiratory distress syndrome treated without surfactant. Demographic characteristics, antenatal data, birth characteristics and neonatal morbidities, non-invasive ventilation oxygen administration and HFNC, postnatal steroid therapy, total duration of hospital stay, will be collected from our electronic standardized patient record in which they are prospectively encoded. Simple and multiple linear regression analyses will be used to evaluate the difference of nCPAP therapy duration between Group 1 and Group 2 after adjustment on potential cofactors.

    Time frame: 2 years

  3. Duration of exposure to nCPAP (expressed in days) in extremely preterm infants.

    It will be the same evaluation than in whole population, but in extremely preterm infants borm before 29 weeks gestational age.

    Time frame: 2 years

  4. The cost of use (expressed in Euros) of nCPAP and HFNC using two different devices.

    Cost analysis will be carried out for the three devices: Infant Flow SiPAP, OptiFlow and Precision Flow, including all consumables. To evaluate the costs these devices will be used as recommended by the manufacturers.The calculated costs will be based on an example of three devices in constant use on a 7-day cycle change of the circuits for the Opti-Flow device, and 30-day cycle change for Precision Flow device. Actual costs will be expressed as price per patient per week.

    Time frame: 2 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hopital de la croix rousse
    Lyon, 69004, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 2, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03007056
Lead sponsor
Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse
Responsible party
Jean-charles PICAUD, MD, PhD (Professor of pediatrics, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 2, 2017
Start date
Jan 2011
Primary completion
Dec 2014
Completion
Sep 2016
Last update
Jan 2, 2017

Study contacts

jean-charles picaud, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Hopital de la croix rousse

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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