Clinical Trial: Phase II Randomized Study of Tin Mesoporphyrin for Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

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Brief Summary:

OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the efficacy of preventive vs. therapeutic tin mesoporphyrin in direct Coombs' test-positive ABO hemolytic disease of the newborn and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in infants living in Greece.

II. Assess the safety of tin mesoporphyrin in high-risk newborns.

Detailed Summary:

PROTOCOL OUTLINE: Patients are stratified by gestational age and sex, and randomly assigned in pairs per stratum.

One group receives a preventive dose of tin mesoporphyrin. Another group receives a therapeutic dose of tin mesoporphyrin according to the plasma bilirubin concentration.

Patients in either group may be treated concurrently with phototherapy or exchange transfusion if clinically indicated.

Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

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Information By: Office of Rare Diseases (ORD)

Dates:
Date Received: October 18, 1999
Date Started: December 1999
Date Completion:
Last Updated: June 23, 2005
Last Verified: October 2003