Study

Recruiting Not a phased study

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

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Not a phased study
Sponsor Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Registry number NCT07251790
Started 4 May 2026 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 31 March 2028

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
The Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne VIC Recruiting
The Royal Children's Hospital Parkville VIC Recruiting
Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital Saint Albans VIC Recruiting

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

Who can join

Age 0 Hours and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 134

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:

* The infant is admitted to participating NICU

* The infant is born between 22+0 to 29+6 weeks gestational age

* The infant has been on a form of invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 4 hours

* The infant is being electively extubated for the first time from invasive mechanical ventilation to nCPAP

* The infant is clinically stable (as per clinical and research team consensus)

* The parent(s) or legal guardian(s) provides prospective informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The infant is born \<22 weeks or \>30 weeks gestational age

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

* The infant has severe pulmonary hypoplasia due to anhydramnios or oligohydramnios before 22 weeks in which the neonatal clinician anticipates that pulmonary hypoplasia related respiratory failure will be the major respiratory problem in early postnatal life

* The infant is receiving invasive mechanical ventilation via nasotracheal intubation

* The infant is planned for extubation to any other mode of non-invasive respiratory support than nCPAP, or no respiratory support

* Refusal of informed consent from the parent(s), or the infant does not have a guardian who can provide informed consent.

Dates on the record

Started 4 May 2026
Estimated completion 31 March 2028
Registry last updated 26 August 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: 26 August 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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