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Status unknownNCT04019106BITSUpdated Jul 17, 2019

Budesonide With Intratracheal Surfactants in Extremely Preterm Infants

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES) in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Premature Infant, sponsored by University of Manitoba. Status unknown at 2 sites in Canada. Open to participants aged 1 Hour to 5 Days. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-07-17.

Sponsored by University of Manitoba · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Prevention

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Aug 2018), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
1 Hour to 5 Days
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a phase I/II trial in preterm infants aimed at identifying the optimal dose of budesonide with bovine lipid extract surfactant as vehicle for intratracheal administration.

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Premature infants of gestational age less than 29 weeks with respiratory distress syndrome and clinical indication for surfactant administration will be recruited for this Phase I/II open-label study.

A total of 30 subjects will be recruited from 2 neonatal intensive care units:

  1. Children's Hospital-Health Sciences Centre (HSC), Winnipeg
  2. St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB

3 groups of 10 infants each will receive single dose of intratracheal budesonide (0.0625 mg/kg, 0.125 mg/kg, and 0.25 mg/kg) with BLES surfactant (5 ml/kg). PK/PD analysis will be done using clinical parameters, serum biomarkers, tracheal aspirate biomarkers and plasma budesonide levels obtained at fixed intervals.

The duration of subject participation will involve 12-17 weeks for the clinical intervention, depending on gestational age at birth and discharge date. Participants will be followed until 40 weeks or discharge, whichever comes first.

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Conditions studied

  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Premature Infant

Keywords

  • Surfactant
  • Budesonide
  • Steroid
  • Intratracheal
  • Preterm
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Bovine Lipid Extract Surfactant
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In context

Respiratory Distress Syndrome

1,597 studies on the registry are indexed under Respiratory Distress Syndrome; 312 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 30 is below the median of 60 across 961 interventional studies indexed under Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

University of Manitoba is the lead sponsor of 542 studies on the registry; 87 are open to participants now.

Of its 12 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (42%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
1 Hour to 5 Days
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Male or female infant born between 23 and 28+6 weeks of GA
  2. Infant diagnosed with RDS according to clinical protocol criteria
  3. Able to adhere to surfactant administration protocol
  4. The patient is born in the study centre.
  5. Subject's parent(s)/legal guardian(s) has provided signed and dated informed consent and authorization to use protected health information, as required by national and local regulations.
  6. In the investigator's opinion, the subject's parent(s)/legal guardian(s) understand(s) and can comply with protocol requirements, instructions, and protocol-stated restrictions, and is likely to complete the study as planned.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Older than five days at inclusion.
  2. Presence of known clinically significant congenital heart disease or other major congenital malformation
  3. Subjects with clinically significant laboratory abnormalities which are deemed by the investigator to represent a safety risk to participation in this study. Other laboratory parameters outside the reference range for the subject's age may be included if the investigator considers the abnormalities unlikely to introduce additional risk factors and will not interfere with data interpretation.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Dosing Level 1

    0.0625 mg/kg Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

    Drug: Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

  • Experimental
    Dosing Level 2

    0.125 mg/kg Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

    Drug: Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

  • Experimental
    Dosing Level 3

    0.25 mg/kg Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

    Drug: Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

Interventions

  • DrugBudesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant (BLES)

    Budesonide in bovine lipid extract surfactant

    Also known as: Pulmicort respule, BLES

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Area under the curve from serial budesonide levels

    Blood samples will be drawn from patients to determine the serum budesonide levels to determine the area under the curve

    Time frame: At 24 hour time point following dosing

Secondary outcomes

  1. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia free survival

    NICHD criteria will be used to diagnose and grade the infants for presence of BPD.

    Time frame: at 36 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  2. Neonatal Mortality

    Survival of the infants

    Time frame: up to 40 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  3. Concentration of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Tracheal Aspirates

    Tracheal aspirates will be centrifuged to isolate a large aggregate surfactant fraction that will be assayed for both phospholipid (surfactant recovery) and total protein concentration. The supernatant fraction after surfactant isolation will be assayed for total protein, and selected cytokines (IL-1 β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, CCL2 and TNF-ɑ)

    Time frame: Baseline, 24 hours, 48 hours,1 week, 4 weeks and 36 weeks Gestational Age

  4. Concentration of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Serum

    Cytokines IL-1 β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, CCL2 and TNF-ɑ will be analyzed in serum samples obtained from the infants following BITS administration using commercially available ELISA kits.

    Time frame: Baseline, 24 hours, 48 hours and 1 week.

  5. Duration of Hospital Stay

    Time frame: from day 0 (birth date) to 40 weeks

  6. VentilationStrategy

    Duration and modality of ventilation used in the preterm infants

    Time frame: till 36 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  7. Respiratory Severity Score

    The product of Fraction of inspired oxygen and mean airway pressure will be used to estimate the respiratory severity score

    Time frame: at baseline and till 36 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  8. Duration of Supplemental Oxygen

    Time frame: till 36 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  9. Level of Supplemental Oxygen Administered

    the concentration of supplemental oxygen given at discharge or 36 weeks PMA compared to baseline.

    Time frame: at baseline and at 36 week Post menstrual age or discharge, whichever comes first

  10. Presence of Respiratory Support

    the presence or absence of any method of respiratory support at discharge or 36 weeks PMA compared to baseline.

    Time frame: at 36 week Post menstrual age or discharge, whichever comes first

  11. Percentage of Participants with Pulmonary Hemorrhage

    Clinical signs of pallor, cyanosis, bradycardia, apnoea and blood gas changes. Radiographic evidences of patchy infiltrates to complete opacification of lung fields.

    Time frame: at baseline and 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

  12. Percentage of Participants with Hypothalamic pituitary axis (HPA) suppression

    Cortisol levels will be measured

    Time frame: at 0 and 24 hours after dosing

  13. Percentage of Participants with Pneumothorax on Chest X-ray

    Identified in X-ray as hyperlucent shadow outside the lungs without pulmonary vascular markings, with or without mediastinal shift

    Time frame: at baseline and 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

  14. Percentage of Participants with Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation (SIP) on abdominal X-ray

    Abdominal X-ray showing presence of free air. Presence or absence of SIP will be compared across the 3 dosing groups and within the dosing groups.

    Time frame: at baseline and 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

  15. Percentage of Participants with Intra-ventricular Hemorrhage

    presence or absence of will be compared across the 3 dosing groups and within the dosing groups.

    Time frame: at baseline and 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

  16. Percentage of Participants with Sepsis

    As per the third international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis-3)

    Time frame: at baseline and till 36 weeks PMA or discharge, whichever comes first

  17. Percentage of Participants with Necrotising Enterocolitis (NEC)

    presence or absence of NEC will be compared across the 3 dosing groups and within the dosing groups.

    Time frame: 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

  18. Percentage of Participants with Severe Retinopathy at Prematurity

    retinopathy of ≥grade III will be recorded

    Time frame: baseline and 48 hours after budesonide with surfactant administration

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Children's Hospital-Health Science Centre
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P4, Canada
    • Geert 't Jong, MD, PhD · Contact · gtjong@chrim.ca · 2047893206
    • Abin Chandrakumar, PharmD, MSc · Contact · achandrakumar@chrim.ca · 2045945359
    • Mary Seshia, MB,BCh,FRCP · Sub investigator
  • St. Boniface General Hospital
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3P4, Canada
    • Ruben Alvaro, MD, FAAP · Sub investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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 Jul 17, 2019, 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
NCT04019106
Lead sponsor
University of Manitoba
Collaborators
Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, St. Boniface Hospital, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, University of Utah, Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Inc., BLES Biochemicals Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 15, 2019
Start date
Oct 15, 2019 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 15, 2020 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 15, 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 17, 2019

Study contacts

Geert W 't Jong, MD, Ph.D
Contact
gtjong@chrim.ca
(204)789-3206
Abin Chandrakumar, Pharm.D, M.Sc.
Contact
achandrakumar@chrim.ca
(204)594-5359
Geert W 't Jong, MD, Ph.D
principal investigator · Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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