LUS AT BIRTH IN INFANTS BORN BEFORE 26 WEEKS

DESCRIPTION OF THE LUNG ULTRASOUND PATTERN IN INFANTS UNDER 26 WEEKS OF GESTATION: A NATIONAL MULTICENTER STUDY

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06394583

Acronym

MINI-LUS

Enrollment

150

Registered

2024-05-01

Start date

2024-06-30

Completion date

2029-12-01

Last updated

2024-05-01

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

Conditions

Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn

Keywords

lung ultrasound, premature infant, extremely low birth weight infants

Brief summary

All infants born before 26 weeks born in a hospital included in the registry will receive a LU at birth, before the first dose of surfactant. We will register as well the length of IMV, NIV or the need of IMV in the whole sample.

Interventions

PROCEDURELung ultrasound

We will perform a LU at birth to all infants, before the first dose of surfactant.

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Infants born before 26 weeks at any of the participant hospitals.

Exclusion criteria

* received surfactant before LU * redirection of care * severe malformations of cromosomopathies * unable to perform LU

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Description of LU patterns	at birth

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
need of IMV	during NICU admission
length of IMV	during NICU admission
length of NIV	during NICU admission

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026