Study

Not yet recruiting Not a phased study

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Not a phased study
Sponsor Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Registry number NCT07101419
Started 1 February 2027 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 1 February 2028

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Mercy Hospital for Women Heidelberg VIC Status not stated
The Royal Women's Hospital Parkville VIC Status not stated
Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital Saint Albans VIC Status not stated

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 6 Hours to 7 Days
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 68

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

* Admitted to participating neonatal intensive care unit

* Born between 22+0 to 27+6 weeks' gestation

* Current weight ≥400 grams

* Receiving synchronised, patient-triggered, volume-targeted (all breaths) conventional mechanical ventilation (Pressure Control-Assist Control + Volume Guarantee \[PC-AC+VG\] mode on Dräger Babylog VN500/800 ventilators) initiated within 72-hours post birth

* Postnatal age ≥6 hours and ≤7 days

* Received surfactant therapy

* Clinically stable (as per treating and research team consensus)

* Parent(s)/legal guardian provides prospective informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Major congenital anomaly involving the cardiac, respiratory or gastrointestinal systems, or a known genetic syndrome or diagnosis that might affect respiratory course and outcomes

* Severe pulmonary hypoplasia due to anhydramnios or oligohydramnios before 22 weeks in which the neonatal consultant anticipates that pulmonary hypoplasia related respiratory failure will be the major respiratory problem in early postnatal life

* Receiving (or expected to receive within the next 12 hours) any other mode of mechanical ventilation including synchronised intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), pressure support ventilation (PSV) or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation

* Planned for extubation from mechanical ventilation within the next 12 hours.

Dates on the record

Started 1 February 2027
Estimated completion 1 February 2028
Registry last updated 24 June 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 24 June 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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