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This study is being conducted in Mali, Africa.

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection of the lungs caused by bacteria or virus. Some children can develop signs of severe pneumonia and as a result, have difficulty breathing and low levels of oxygen in the blood. In some cases this can progress to death. Patients with signs of severe pneumonia require admission to the hospital for treatment and the treatment includes delivery of oxygen. Currently, in the hospital, oxygen is available for delivery by nasal cannula to children. In this case, oxygen is given through a small plastic tube which delivers oxygen through the nose. However, the amount of oxygen that can be given is limited because of the size of the tube and the amount of oxygen that can go through. However, a new device known as the bubble CPAP machine delivers oxygen through the nose in a way that helps the airways to stay open. This is known to provide better support to children less than 1 year of age who have difficulty breathing with signs of severe pneumonia. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of bubble CPAP in Children up to 5 years of age with with signs of severe pneumonia.


Clinical Trial Description

This study includes two cohorts. One cohort will participate in an interventional clinical trial and the other cohort will participate in an observational study.

Interventional Cohort:

The first cohort will include 600 children with signs of severe pneumonia, 1 year up to 5 years of age. Signs of severe pneumonia include fast breathing, difficulty breathing and who are very sick (not able to drink, vomiting, having seizures, are very sleepy or with severe malnutrition). Two out of every three children will receive oxygen with the bubble CPAP and one out of every three children will receive treatment with oxygen with regular nasal cannula. The treatment assignment will be determined randomly. We will follow up participants during their entire hospitalization. During this time we will collect information on the child's illness, test results and treatment.

Observational Cohort:

The second cohort will include 450 children with signs of severe pneumonia, under 1 year of age. In Mali, bubble CPAP is currently given as standard of care (when possible) for children with signs of severe pneumonia, under 1 year of age; therefore, children in this cohort will already be receiving bubble CPAP as standard of care prior to enrollment. The only research activities will be to follow the children during their hospitalization and collect information about their clinical condition, test results, treatment and the amount of oxygen required during the hospital admission.

The remainder of the information in this ClinicalTrials.gov registration will refer only to the Intervention Cohort. ;


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NCT number NCT03944551
Study type Interventional
Source University of Maryland, Baltimore
Contact
Status Terminated
Phase N/A
Start date September 26, 2019
Completion date September 30, 2019

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