Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Improved Oral Health and Dental Care in Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Lead Sponsor:

My Blomqvist

Conditions:

Oral Health

Dental Caries

Eligibility:

All Genders

Up to 12 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common congenital anomalies in children. As the risk for endocarditis following bacteraemia is more common during daily oral hygiene routi...

Detailed Description

Power analysis: Children with CHD are at high risk of developing caries (Stecksén-Blicks C et al 2004). In Swedish high-risk areas for developing caries, 12 % of three-year-old children had moderate ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age \< 12 months and prostethic cardiac valve or patient likely to undergo valve surgery using foreign material including homograft (potentially included in the criteria of endocarditis prophylaxis)
  • Age \< 12 months and unrepaired cyanotic CHD including palliative shunts and conduits
  • Age \< 12 months and repaired CHD with residual defects at the site or adjacent to the site of the prosthetic patch or device which inhibits endothelialization
  • Age \< 12 months and cardiac transplantation recipient or listed for transplantation (potentially included in the criteria of endocarditis prophylaxis)
  • Age \< 12 months and cardiomyopathy (potential cardiac transplantation recipient)
  • Age \< 12 months and chromosomal abnormality or syndrome and any invasive intevention (surgery or cath) for CHD or likely to require invasive intervention for CHD
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Neither parent amenable to comprehend intervention instructions provided in Finnish
  • Child in out-of-home care (eg foster care)

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 1 2017

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 31 2030

    Estimated Enrollment :

    150 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03329170

    Start Date

    July 1 2017

    End Date

    December 31 2030

    Last Update

    October 2 2024

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    Department of Pediatrics, Children´s Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital.

    Helsinki, Finland