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The Efficacy and Safety of Azithromycin in Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Ureaplasma-positive Preterm Infants

The Efficacy and Safety of Azithromycin in Preventing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Ureaplasma-positive Preterm Infants : Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0002373
Enrollment
56
Registered
2017-07-07
Start date
2017-06-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : The experimental group is intravenously injected with azithromycin 10 mg / kg / dose q 24 hr for 1 week, followed by 5 mg / kg / dose q 24 hr for 1 week, and the placebo control group is intrav

Sponsors

Asan Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? A premature infant born at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul with birth weight less than 1,500 g or less than 32 weeks of gestational age ? A positive result of ureaplasma test (culture or PCR test in gastric juice or tracheal aspirate and nasopharyngeal aspirate) performed after birth (within 30 minutes to 24 hours) ? Oxygen partial pressures of 0.4 or more, or ventilator-assisted infant (conventional ventilator, high frequency oscillatory ventilator, synchonized noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, nasal continuous positive airway pressure, bubble continuous positive airway pressure, heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula) ? Parents who have voluntarily participated in this trial have voluntarily signed their written consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? When accompanied by major congenital anomalies ? When the collection of specimens for research is impossible due to respiratory failure ? When there is QT interval extension on ECG (QTc> 450 ms) ? If it is judged by researchers that it is difficult to carry out the clinical trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia;Ureaplasma eradication rate (culture, PCR);Cytokine(IL-1b, IL-6, IL-10) level;Oxygen use rate, systemic steroid administration rate, weight gain rate, hospitalization period;Frequency and severity of adverse events and serious adverse events;Vital signs, laboratory tests and physical examinations

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactEuiseok Jung

Asan Medical Center

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 5, 2026