A Randomised Controlled Trial of Iodide Supplementation in Preterm Infants Follow-up at 2 Years (I2S2)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00638092 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : March 18, 2008
Last Update Posted : May 18, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Transient Hypothyroxinemia | Drug: sodium iodide Drug: Sodium Chloride | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1275 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | A Randomised Controlled Trial of Iodide Supplementation in Preterm Infants With Follow-up at 2 Years |
Study Start Date : | March 2010 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | April 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | May 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Iodine
This is the hypothetical active arm
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Drug: sodium iodide
sodium iodide 30 micrograms/kg/day, daily dose, from randomisation (within 42 hours of birth) to 34 corrected weeks gestation |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
this is the hypothetical placebo
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Drug: Sodium Chloride
Sodium Chloride 30 micrograms/kg/day, daily dose, from randomisation (from within 42 hours of birth)to 34 corrected weeks gestation |
- Appreciable neurodevelopmental impairment at 2 years corrected age. As measured by the three main domains of the Bayley III score: i.e. cognitive score, language composite score and motor composite score. [ Time Frame: at 2 years corrected age ]P ≤0.05 will be the level used to indicate statistical significance.Deaths and those infants with severe neurodevelopment disability will be scored 55 in the cognitive domain, 46 in the motor domain and 47 in the language domain. The primary outcome will be ordered as cognitive score, motor composite score and language composite score in all results presented.
- Blood levels of T4, TSH and TBG on day 7, 14, 28 and 34 weeks corrected age. [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]
- Neurodevelopment impairment as a composite of death or a Bayley III score of <85 in any of the score's three main subsets domains: cognitive, language and motor composites. [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]
- Neurodevelopmental impairment assessed as a difference between the iodine supplemented and placebo groups in each of the four subset scores of the Bayley III i.e. receptive communication, expressive communication, fine motor or gross motor. [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]
- Type and severity of illness: necrotising enterocolitis [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Type and severity of illness: necrotising enterocolitis
- Type and severity of illness:persistent ductus arteriosus [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Type and severity of illness:persistent ductus arteriosus
- Type and severity of illness: respiratory distress [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Type and severity of illness: respiratory distress
- Type and severity of illness:chronic lung disease (need for oxygen at 36 weeks corrected age) [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Type and severity of illness: chronic lung disease (need for oxygen at 36 weeks corrected age)
- Cranial ultrasound changes [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]cranial ultrasound changes
- Acquired infection [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Acquired infection as indicated by medical notes during neonatal period
- Cranial ultrasound changes [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Type and severity of illness: necrotising enterocolitis, persistent ductus arteriosus, respiratory distress , chronic lung disease (need for oxygen at 36 weeks corrected age), cranial ultrasound changes, acquired infection; hearing and vision impairment; postnatal drug use (e.g. diamorphine, dexamethasone, dopamine, caffeine and indomethacin); nutritional status; BAPM level of care; highest recorded bilirubin levels; and death - immediate and underlying causes.
- Hearing and vision impairment [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Hearing and vision impairment as indicated by parental questionnaire
- Postnatal drug use [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]diamorphine, dexamethasone, dopamine, caffeine and indomethacin
- Nutritional status [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Nutritional status collected on postnatal day 7, 14, 28 and 34 corrected weeks (as indicated by neonatal drug chart
- BAPM level of care [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]BAPM level of care
- Highest recorded bilirubin levels [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]highest recorded bilirubin levels; and death - immediate and underlying causes.
- Death - immediate and underlying causes. [ Time Frame: 2 years corrected age ]Death - immediate and underlying causes.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Hour to 42 Hours (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- All infants born under 31 weeks gestation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mother exposed to excess iodine during pregnancy or delivery

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Study Director: | Fiona Williams, Dr | University of Dundee | |
Study Chair: | Peter Brocklehurst, Professor | UCL |
Publications:
Responsible Party: | University of Oxford |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00638092 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
08/S0501/31 2008-001024-31 ( EudraCT Number ) 08/S0501/31 ( Other Identifier: REC Reference ) 09/800/03 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: NIHR EME ) |
First Posted: | March 18, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 18, 2015 |
Last Verified: | May 2015 |
hypothyroxinemia preterm infants iodine |
neurodevelopmental outcome Iodine supplementation Randomised controlled trial |
Premature Birth Obstetric Labor, Premature Obstetric Labor Complications Pregnancy Complications |