Status:

TERMINATED

Efficacy of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Neonates With Hypoglycemia

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Hypoglycemia

Newborn Morbidity

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 60 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Our aim is to determine the feasibility of using continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in infants with low blood glucose to improve how we care for these infants. To do this we plan on monitoring blood g...

Detailed Description

We aim to evaluate the utility of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in improving the diagnosis and management of neonatal hypoglycemia in infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age 0-60 days old
  • Late-preterm and term infants (babies born more than 33 weeks and 6 days after the start of the pregnancy)
  • History of low blood sugars (hypoglycemia): two episodes of hypoglycemia more than 1 hour apart (low blood sugar will be defined by age: for those less than 48 hours old a low blood sugar is considered less than 50mg/dL and for those older than 48 hours old less than 70mg/dL)
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Infants with skin disease such that placement of a glucose sensor under the skin would be difficult to secure
  • Infants expected to remain in NICU less than 24 hours
  • Infants on a hypothermic protocol
  • Infants enrolled in a competing clinical trial
  • Family/team have decided to limit or redirect from aggressive NICU technological support
  • infants who are wards of the state

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    February 1 2015

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    August 30 2018

    Estimated Enrollment :

    6 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT02300285

    Start Date

    February 1 2015

    End Date

    August 30 2018

    Last Update

    November 1 2021

    Active Locations (1)

    Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

    Page 1 of 1 (1 locations)

    1

    Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115