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Little Lungs Study

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Late Surfactant Therapy With Budesonide for Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 1Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06855043
Enrollment
24
Registered
2025-03-03
Start date
2026-09-01
Completion date
2029-03-01
Last updated
2026-01-27

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

Conditions

Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Keywords

premature birth

Brief summary

This clinical trial is being done to evaluate the safety and clinical response of late surfactant treatment with budesonide in extremely preterm infants requiring mechanical ventilation at 7-14 days of age.

Detailed description

Primary Objective • To evaluate safety of late surfactant therapy with budesonide in extremely preterm infants. Secondary Objectives * To evaluate the oxygenation response to late surfactant therapy with budesonide in extremely preterm infants at 48 hours and 7 days after completion of the study intervention * To evaluate respiratory outcomes following administration of late surfactant therapy with budesonide

Interventions

Participants will receive 2 daily doses of Calfactant (3 ml/kg) intratracheal administration

DRUGBudesonide

Participants will receive 2 daily doses of Budesonide (0.25mg/kg) intratracheal administration.

Sponsors

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lead SponsorOTHER
Meriter Foundation
CollaboratorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

This is a phase I/II pilot randomized controlled clinical trial to obtain preliminary data on safety and clinical response of multiple doses of late surfactant treatment with budesonide

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Days to 14 Days
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Neonate Inclusion Criteria: * Gestational age 22 0/7 to 28 6/7 weeks at birth * Age 7-14 days * Need invasive mechanical ventilatory support and a Fraction of Inspired Oxygen (FiO2) greater than or equal to 0.3 Birthing Parent Inclusion Criteria: * Have a baby who meets neonate eligibility criteria and enrolls in the study. Neonate

Exclusion criteria

* Major congenital anomalies including congenital lung malformations and congenital diaphragmatic hernia and/or genetic disorders * Alternative, acute clinical etiology of respiratory deterioration or increased ventilatory requirements (e.g., sepsis, pneumonia, etc.) * History of pulmonary hemorrhage * Antibiotic use within 48 hours * Indomethacin or Ibuprofen use within 72 hours * Prior treatment with corticosteroids for prevention of lung disease * Not expected to survive for greater than 7 days at enrollment * Determined to be unstable by the clinical team * Enrolled in a conflicting clinical trial * Have a birth parent aged less than 18 years * Parent/guardian is unable to provide parental permission in English or Spanish

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Presence or absence of acute clinical deterioration up to 60 minutes after study interventionup to 60 minutes after study intervention (intervention received within 14 days of life (DOL))Presence or absence of acute clinical deterioration - defined as desaturation less than 80 percent and/or bradycardia less than 100 beats per minute (bpm) - during the study intervention and up to 60 minutes after study intervention.
Presence or absence of severe acute clinical deterioration up to 60 minutes after study interventionup to 60 minutes after study intervention (intervention received within 14 DOL)Presence or absence of severe acute clinical deterioration - defined as desaturation less than 60 percent and/or bradycardia less than 80 bpm - during the study intervention and up to 60 minutes after study intervention.
Occurrence of pneumothorax needing evacuation up to 48 hours after completion of study interventionbaseline to 48 hours after completion of study intervention (intervention received within 14 DOL)A yes or no question of whether there was pneumothorax (air in the pleural cavity) detected via chest x-ray, needing evacuation from baseline to 48 hours after completion of study intervention
Occurrence of pulmonary hemorrhages up to 48 hours after completion of study interventionbaseline to 48 hours after completion of study intervention (intervention received within 14 DOL)A yes or no question of whether pulmonary hemorrhage (bleeding in lungs) was observed in the endotracheal tube from baseline to 48 hours after completion of study intervention.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Respiratory Severity Score (RSS)Baseline to 7 days post-intervention (intervention received within 14 DOL)RSS is the mean airway pressure multiplied by the fraction of inspired oxygen, a change toward higher scores indicates more severe respiratory symptoms.
Death or Grade 3 Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) by 36 0/7 weeks Post-Menstrual Age (PMA)up to 36 0/7 weeks PMA
Days of mechanical ventilation by 36 0/7 weeks PMAup to 36 0/7 weeks PMADays of mechanical ventilation by 36 0/7 weeks PMA (If an infant died before 36 0/7 weeks, time from death to 36 0/7 weeks PMA will be considered as mechanical ventilation days)

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTDinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS
kaluarachchi@pediatrics.wisc.edu(608) 417-6849
CONTACTMeg Baker
meg.baker@wisc.edu
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Outcome results

None listed

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