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Bronchiolitis is a common viral lung infection in infants. Standard treatment often includes the use of inhaled medications which are usually first mixed with a standard salt solution. Inhalation of a more concentrated salt solution (hypertonic saline) has been successfully used to treat other types of lung disease in children and adults. The purpose of this study is to see if using inhaled hypertonic saline helps infants with bronchiolitis get better more quickly.


Clinical Trial Description

Bronchiolitis is a common illness in infants and is associated with a significant morbidity. Standard therapy is controversial and largely ineffective; care is mostly supportive although nebulized medications continue to be commonly used. These medications are typically mixed with normal saline to produce a sufficient volume for efficient nebulization.

Inhaled hypertonic saline has been used to aid airway clearance in children with cystic fibrosis. It has also been used, in low dose, in two small studies in children with bronchiolitis. The current study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center trial comparing frequent dosing with 3% hypertonic saline compared to normal saline in the treatment of infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis. ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT00151905
Study type Interventional
Source Sheikh Khalifa Medical City
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Status Completed
Phase Phase 2/Phase 3
Start date November 2003
Completion date September 2006

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