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NCT Number: NCT06832800

Modified Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal Hemolysis With ETCOc in sNH

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if modified diagnosis and treatment (MDT) of neonatal hemolysis (a common cause to newborn jaundice) incorporated with ETCOc measurement (a non-invasive measurement of exhaled gas) works to prevent brain damage in newborns with severe hyperbilirubinemia (sNH). It will also learn about the. occurrence of cranial MRI in the study participants. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does MDT lower the possibilities participants have brain damage before the age of one? * How many times of abnormalities in cranial MRI is detected before the age of one? Researchers will compare MDT to a control (a current management) to see if MDT works to prevent brain damage in newborns with sHN.

Participants will:

* Take MDT or a control method in the management of sNH * Assess if there's brain damage before discharge and at the year of one * Record how many times of abnormalities in cranial MRI is detected before the age of one

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Key information

Age range

4 hour–28 day

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Early Phase 1

Primary location

Women's Hospital School of Medicine Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Yuqi Wang

CONTACT

086-0571-87061501

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Infants with gestational age of 35(+0) to 41(+6) weeks and birth weight ≥ 2500 grams

  • Infants with severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, including those whose serum total
  • bilirubin (TSB) levels reach above 20 mg/dL or whose TSB levels at any time reach within 2 mg/dL of the exchange transfusion threshold (i.e., TSB > (threshold - 2) mg/dL).

Exclusion criteria

  • Infants with definite congenital genetic metabolic diseases, chromosomal or genetic disorders, or severe malformations.

Treatment and study plan

MDT

Combination Product

(actually not combination product, but have to select that option in order to delete warning in "study desine")MDT method for sNH with the description as follow: 1. diagnosis of neonatal hemolysis:

The neonatal subjects with symptom of hyperbilirubinemia are diagnosed as hemolysis if they met one criterion from Category A or two criteria from Category B:

Category A:

  • Positive DAT
  • Significantly elevated ETCOc;
  • Significant morphological abnormalities

Category B:

  • Positive release test;
  • Elevated ETCOc;
  • COHb > 1.2%;
  • Hb < 140 g/L or Hct) < 40%;
  • Ret > 6%. 2.Exchange transfusion (ET) therapy for sNH: any of the following criteria are met:

(1) TSB ≥ the current ET threshold; (2) TSB > (ET - 2) mg/dL or the increase of TSB > 0.5 mg/dL/h, accompanied by abnormal aEEG findings; (3) TSB > (ET - 2) mg/dL or > 0.5 mg/dL/h, accompanied by a BIND score of 4-6; (4) Presence of clinical manifestations of acute ABE; (5) BIND score of 7-9.

control (current management)

Other

Control (current) method for sNH (severe neonatal hemolysis) with the description as follow:

  • Diagnosis of neonatal hemolysis: The neonatal subjects with symptom of hyperbilirubinemia are diagnosed as hemolysis if they have positive Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT) or positive release test result.
  • Exchange transfusion (ET) therapy for sNH: The neonatal subjects with symptom of hyperbilirubinemia are treated with ET therapy if their Total serum bilirubin (TSB) reaches or exceeds the current exchange transfusion threshold;

Primary outcomes

  1. neural damage confirmed by professional assessments such as Bayley Scales

    Time frame: at the age of 12 months

    Neurological impairment, including any of the following: diagnosis of cerebral palsy, diagnostic hearing tests indicating hearing impairment, or a score lower than 85 on the Bayley Scales Neurobehavioral Assessment. Bayley Scales means Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development and it can assess the neural development of infants including Cognitive, Language (Receptive/Expressive), Motor (Fine/Gross), Social-Emotional, and Adaptive Behavior. Standard scores for each domain range from 40 to 160 (mean = 100; SD = 15). Higher scores indicate better developmental outcomes, while lower scores suggest potential delays.

    For example, a cognitive score of 115 reflects performance above the average range, whereas a score of 85 falls below the average range.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

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CONTACT

[email protected]

086-13777834165

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Women's Hospital School Of Medicine Zhejiang University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Modified Diagnosis and Treatment of Neonatal Hemolysis Incorporated With ETCOc Measurement in Severe Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia Management

Acronym: MDTinsNH

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2027
First posted
Feb 18, 2025
Registry last updated
Jan 20, 2026

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