Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
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2025-12-24 @ 5:44 PM
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2025-12-24 @ 5:44 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03142568
Brief Summary:
Describe the safety of sildenafil in premature infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and determine preliminary effectiveness and pharmacokinetics (PK) of sildenafil. Funding Source - FDA OOPD.
Detailed Description:
This will be a multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled, sequential dose escalating, double masked, safety data study of sildenafil in premature infants.
This is a Phase II study design, premature infants (inpatient in neonatal intensive care units) will be randomized in a dose escalating approach 3:1 (sildenafil: placebo) into 3 cohorts with escalating doses of sildenafil. There will be 40 randomized and dosed participants in each cohort for a total of up to 120 participants. Cohort 1 sildenafil dose will be 0.125 mg/kg q 8 hours IV or 0.25 mg/kg q 8 hours enteral. Cohort 2 sildenafil dose will be 0.5 mg/kg q 8 hours IV or 1.0 mg/kg q 8 hours enteral. Cohort 3 sildenafil dose will be 1 mg/kg q 8 hours IV or 2 mg/kg q 8 hours enteral.
Study:
NCT03142568
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03142568