Status:

WITHDRAWN

Pilot Study of Magnesium Infusions in Pediatric Asthma

Lead Sponsor:

University of Louisville

Conditions:

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

2-20 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

This is a prospective randomized pilot study that seeks to address the research question: In children with moderate-to-severe asthma, do intravenous magnesium infusions added to standard Pediatric int...

Detailed Description

This study will be a double-blind, prospective randomized pilot study. Subjects will be randomized on a 1:1 basis to receive routine asthma care with or without a magnesium drip.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age 2 years 0 days up to 20 years 364 days
  • Clinical diagnosis of asthma including both of the following:
  • Attending physician's primary working diagnosis is status asthmaticus
  • Results of a modified International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Children (ISAAC) diagnostic questionnaire consistent with an asthma diagnosis
  • Planned PICU admission for moderate-to-severe asthma exacerbation persisting despite standard first-tier therapy (systemic corticosteroids and at least a one-hour treatment with nebulized albuterol/ipratroprium or equivalent) as evidenced by an asthma score of 7 or greater
  • IV access or equivalent
  • Ability to understand and give informed consent/assent in English

Exclusion

  • Prior enrollment in this study
  • Prior adverse reactions to magnesium
  • Use of systemic corticosteroids or magnesium in preceding 2 weeks, or administered at a transferring facility more than 3 hours prior to enrollment
  • Admission for inpatient asthma care in preceding 2 weeks
  • Hemodynamic instability, impending respiratory failure or intubation
  • Inability in children age 7 years or older to give assent due to a developmental delay or altered mental status
  • Significant renal or cardiac disease
  • Sickle cell anemia
  • Significant, active non-asthma pulmonary disease

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01522040

Start Date

January 1 2012

End Date

October 1 2013

Last Update

March 30 2017

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Kosair Children's Hospital

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40204