Plagiocephaly Clinical Trial
Official title:
Cranial Cup Use for the Prevention of Positional Head Shape Deformity in the NICU
Verified date | July 2015 |
Source | Children's Hospital Boston |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Study type | Interventional |
Many hospitalized infants can develop a flattening of the back or sides of their head. This condition develops gradually when an infant's head rests on a firm or semi-firm surface for a prolonged period of time. Premature infants are more likely to have a positional head shape deformity because they may spend longer periods of time in a crib. Infants participating in this study will be randomly assigned to either standard treatment, which is a moldable positioner device, or to a cranial cup device and moldable positioner for positioning. The purpose of this prospective single-blinded randomized clinical trial will be to evaluate the effectiveness of the cranial cup in preventing positional head shape deformity in the NICU patient population.
Status | Terminated |
Enrollment | 88 |
Est. completion date | July 2012 |
Est. primary completion date | July 2012 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | Both |
Age group | N/A to 10 Days |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Infants born at >/= 22 weeks gestation 2. Infant that are </= 7 days of age 3. Infants that receive medical clearance from their healthcare team 4. Infants that have an estimated minimum NICU length of stay = / > 14 days from the time of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: 1. Infants that require only prone positioning to maintain airway patency (such as those with Pierre Robin Syndrome/Sequence) will not be eligible to participate; this is because infants must be able to lie supine for at least part of the day to use the cranial cup 2. Infants requiring medical devices such as a continuous ventricular drain, subgaleal shunt, or intravenous catheters (unless placement of the IV is temporary) prevent proper positioning using the cranial cup 3. Infants with a craniofacial anomaly, cervical anomaly, or critical airway infants 4. Infants with Cutis Aplasia or significant skin breakdown to the scalp, because the cranial cup may worsen a preexisting condition 5. Infants with a prenatal diagnosis of craniosynostosis 6. Infants deemed not suitable for participation by the attending neonatologist 7. Infants that are to be transferred to a non-participating hospital within 14 days of enrollment as this timeframe may not be adequate to show a difference in head shapes |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | Children's Hospital Boston | Boston | Massachusetts |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Children's Hospital Boston | Boston Brace |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Cranial Abnormalities Were Measured at Hospital Discharge | Cranial abnormality measurements were obtained at hospital discharge by orthotists blinded to the study group assignment. Cranial abnormalities include both cranial index measures and cranial symmetry measures. Cranial index (normal measurement between 73%-85%) was obtained dividing the head width (M-L) by length (A-P) then multiplying it by 100%. Cranial symmetry (normal measurement of<8mm) was obtained by calculating the difference in the right and left anterior-posterior measures. | up to 120 days | No |
Secondary | Incidence of Cardiorespiratory | daily log of cardiorespiratory events (apnea, bradycardia, oxygen desaturation) collected on a daily positioning log at the infant's bedside | daily up to 120 days | Yes |
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