Status:

COMPLETED

NEMO1:NEonatal Seizure Using Medication Off-patent

Lead Sponsor:

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

Only For Children Pharmaceuticals

Cork University Hospital

Conditions:

Neonatal Seizures

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 48 years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

NEMO is a multicentre pan European clinical trial with the aim to develop new treatment strategies for the treatment of neonatal seizures using the loop diuretic bumetanide. There is evidence that bum...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Male or female term baby with gestational age of 37-43 weeks and postnatal age \<48 hours
  • One or more of the following:
  • APGAR score \< 5 at 5 mins.
  • Umbilical cord or first arterial blood sample pH \< 7.1 or base deficit \>16 mmol/L.
  • Postnatal resuscitation still required 10 minutes after birth
  • Clinically evolving encephalopathy
  • Received one dose of standard anticonvulsive therapy (phenobarbitone,20mg/kg) for clinical or electrographic seizures.
  • EEG: equal to or more than 3 min cumulative seizures, or 2 or more seizures of \>30 sec duration over 2 hr period within first 48 hr of life
  • Written informed consent of parent or guardian.
  • EEG monitoring has commenced within the first 48 hours of birth.

Exclusion

  • Suspected or confirmed brain malformation, inborn error of metabolism,genetic syndrome, or major congenial malformation
  • Congenital (in utero) infection (TORCH).
  • Babies who have received diuretics such as furosemide or bumetanide in routine clinical management within the last 24 hours.
  • Total serum bilirubin \> 15 mg/dl (255 micromol/l) at inclusion.
  • On any other anticonvulsive medication other than phenobarbitone or bolus of midazolam / pentobarbitone for intubation.
  • Anuria/renal failure defined as serum creatinine \> 200 micromol/l.
  • Severe electrolyte depletion (Na \<120 mmol/L, K \<3.0 mmol/L)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

14 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01434225

Start Date

August 1 2011

End Date

June 1 2013

Last Update

September 14 2015

Active Locations (7)

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1

Cork University Maternity Hospital

Cork, Ireland

2

Erasmus Universitair Medisch Centrum Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

3

University Medical Centre Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 AB

4

Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital

Stockholm, Sweden