Comparison of Three Methods of Taking Temperatures in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Thermometry Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Temporal Artery, Axillary, and Rectal Temperatures in Preterm Infants in the NICU

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01012128
• Other study ID #: 600687
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 9, 2009
• Last updated: April 3, 2015
• Start date: January 2010
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2015
• Source: Christiana Care Health Services
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Preterm infants will have their body temperature measured by three different devices in order to evaluate whether the newest device, a temporal artery scanning thermometer, is accurate for patients in the preterm period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: January 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A to 6 Months

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• preterm infants corrected to 30-35 weeks gestation

• current incubator set on air control between 28-30 degrees centigrade

Exclusion Criteria:

• infants <30 and >35 weeks gestation

• infants requiring > 30 degrees centigrade in incubator on air control

• infants currently not in an incubator

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Thermometry

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Christiana Hospital	Newark	Delaware

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Christiana Care Health Services

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Accuracy of temporal artery thermometer measurements		5 minutes	No