AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

Percutaneous Intervention Versus Observational Trial of Arterial Ductus in Low Weight Infants

RecruitingNAAges 7 Days - 32 DaysAllNationwide Children's Hospital
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Patent Ductus Arteriosus is a developmental condition commonly observed among preterm infants. It is a condition where the opening between the two major blood vessels leading from the heart fail to close after birth. In the womb, the opening (ductus arteriosus) is the normal part of the circulatory system of the baby, but is expected to close at full term birth. If the opening is tiny, the condition can be self-limiting. If not, medications/surgery are options for treatment. There are two ways to treat patent ductus arteriosus - one is through closure of the opening with an FDA approved device called PICCOLO, the other is through supportive management (medications). No randomized controlled trials have been done previously to see if one of better than the other. Through our PIVOTAL study, the investigators aim to determine is one is indeed better than the other - if it is found that the

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. EPIs born between 22-weeks+0 days (220/7 wks) and 27-weeks+6 days (276/7 wks) gestation, inclusive 2. Admitted to a study NICU 3. Birth weight ≥700-grams 4. Mechanically ventilated at time of consent and randomization 5. HSPDA ("PDA Score" ≥6) noted on echocardiogram (ECHO) 6. Randomization is able to be performed within 5 days of the qualifying ECHO and when infant is 7-32 days postnatal Exclusion Criteria: Clinical Exclusion Criteria 1. Life-threatening congenital defects (including congenital heart disease such as aortic coarctation or pulmonary artery stenosis). PDA and small atrial/ventricular septal defects are permitted; 2. Congenital lung abnormalities, (e.g. restrictive lung disease); 3. Pharyngeal or airway anomalies (tracheal stenosis, choanal atresia); 4. Treatment for acute abdominal process (e.g., necrotizing enterocolitis); 5. Infants with planned surgery; 6. Active infection requiring treatment; 7. Chromosomal defects (e.g., Trisomy 18); 8. Neuromuscular disorders; 9. Infants whose parents have chosen to allow natural death (do not resuscitate order) or for whom limitation of intensive care treatment is being considered (e.g. severe intraventricular hemorrhage) 10. Physician deems that the infant would not be a Percutaneous PDA Closure candidate due to clinical instability; however, if the infant's clinical status improves before 30-days postnatal and all inclusion criteria are still met, then the infant may be enrolled. ECHO-based Exclusion Criteria 1. Pulmonary hypertension (defined by ductal right to left shunting for \>33% of the cardiac cycle) in which early PDA closure may increase right ventricular afterload and compromise pulmonary and systemic blood flow; 2. Evidence of cardiac thrombus that might interfere with device placement; 3. PDA diameter larger than 4 mm at the narrowest portion (consistent with FDA-approved instructions for Piccolo™ device use). 4. PDA length smaller than 3 mm (consistent with FDA-approved instructions for Piccolo™ device use). 5. PDA that does not meet inclusion requirements ("PDA Score" \<6).\* \* If a potential participant is found to have a PDA meeting eligibility requirements on a subsequent ECHO during the required period of 7 - 30 postnatal days of age, they may then be declared eligible to participate and enrolled, provided all other inclusion criteria are met and exclusion criteria are not met. Other Exclusion Criteria 1\. Parents or legal guardian do not speak English or Spanish
💊

What it tests

  • Percutaneous Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure (PPC)
  • Responsive Management Intervention
  • Echocardiogram, cardiac
📍

Where

24 sites
University of Alabama
Birmingham, United States
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Little Rock, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, United States
Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Palo Alto, United States
UC Davis Children's Hospital
Sacramento, United States
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, United States
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Hollywood, United States

…and 16 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy