Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial (SUPPORT)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00233324 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 5, 2005
Results First Posted : December 5, 2014
Last Update Posted : April 18, 2019
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Infant, Newborn, Diseases Other Preterm Infants Infant, Small for Gestational Age Premature Birth Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Retinopathy of Prematurity | Drug: Surfactant Device: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 85 to 89% Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 91 to 95% | Phase 3 |

Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 1316 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Factorial Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial (SUPPORT) in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants |
Study Start Date : | February 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | February 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Surfactant and Low Oxygen
Administration of surfactant by endotracheal tube and supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 85% to 89%
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Drug: Surfactant
Intubation and administration of surfactant by 1 hour of age. Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 85 to 89% Supplemental oxygen in the range of 85% to 89% until the infant is no longer requiring ventilatory support or oxygen
Other Name: Low oxygen |
Experimental: Surfactant and High Oxygen
Administration of surfactant by endotracheal tube and supplemental oxygen with target saturationof 91% to 95%
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Drug: Surfactant
Intubation and administration of surfactant by 1 hour of age. Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 91 to 95% Supplemental oxygen in the range of 91% to 95% until the infant is no longer requiring ventilatory support or oxygen.
Other Name: High oxygen |
Experimental: CPAP and Low Oxygen
Administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 85% to 89%
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Device: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/Positive End Expiratory Pressure (CPAP/PEEP) begun in the delivery room and continuing in the NICU
Other Name: CPAP Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 85 to 89% Supplemental oxygen in the range of 85% to 89% until the infant is no longer requiring ventilatory support or oxygen
Other Name: Low oxygen |
Experimental: CPAP and High Oxygen
Administration of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)and supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 91% to 95%
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Device: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure/Positive End Expiratory Pressure (CPAP/PEEP) begun in the delivery room and continuing in the NICU
Other Name: CPAP Drug: Supplemental oxygen with target saturation of 91 to 95% Supplemental oxygen in the range of 91% to 95% until the infant is no longer requiring ventilatory support or oxygen.
Other Name: High oxygen |
- Survival Without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) [ Time Frame: 36 weeks ]
- Survival Without Severe Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) (Threshold Disease or the Need for Surgery) [ Time Frame: 55 weeks ]
- Death or Neurodevelopmental Impairment [ Time Frame: 18-22 months ]
- Duration of Mechanical Ventilation [ Time Frame: Entire NICU stay, up to 120 days ]The length in days that an individual was on mechanical ventilation which includes high frequency and conventional ventilation.
- Survival Without Ventilation [ Time Frame: From birth through first 7 days of life. ]Surviving the first 7 days of life without any need for ventilation by day 7
- Received Surfactant Treatment [ Time Frame: From birth through 120 days of life. ]Received any surfactant treatment.
- Number of Participants With Air Leaks [ Time Frame: From birth through first 14 days of life. ]Number of participants with air leaks including pnemothorax, pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE), and pneumopericardium.
- Physiological Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia [ Time Frame: 36 weeks post menstrual age. ]Infants who received support via ventilator or CPAP at 36 weeks PMA. Alternatively, infants who received low levels of supplemental oxygen (<30%) at 36 weeks PMA may have been eligible for a physiologic challenge in which there was an attempt to wean the infant to room air. Specifically, infants were eligible for the challenge if at 36 weeks PMA if they were receiving effective oxygen <27% and had majority saturation >90%, or they were receiving effective oxygen 27-30% and had majority saturation >96%, or they were receiving room air by nasal cannula. The challenge took place between 36 and 37 weeks PMA. Those who were not challenged because their level of support increased (support with CPAP or ventilation or increased oxygen) were considered to have BPD, as were those who failed the challenge.
- Death [ Time Frame: 18-22 months ]Participants who died by their follow-up visit at 18-22 months.
- Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]There are four grades of intraventricular hemorrhage: Grade I - echodensity/hemorrhage is confied to the germinal matrix. Grade II - echodensity/hemorrhage in the lateral ventricle(s) without distention. Grade III - echodensity/hemorrhage in the lateral ventricle(s) with distention. Grade IV - echodense lesion in the parenchyma. Severe IVH is defined as having IVH grades of III or IV.
- Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]Increased echogenicity or cysts in periventricular region.
- Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) Requiring Surgery [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]Diagnosis of retinopathy of prematurity which resulted in requiring surgery.
- Endotracheal Intubation [ Time Frame: Delivery Room, post-delivery ]Insertion of a tube into the trachea to allow positive pressure ventilation for breathing.
- Duration of Oxygen Supplementation [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]The length of time in days that a participant had oxygen supplementation.
- Pulse Oximetry Values > 90% [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]Percentage of time spent above 90% oxygen saturation.
- Blindness in at Least One Eye [ Time Frame: 18-22 months ]Blindness in at least one eye by 18-22 months of life.
- Received Postnatal Steroids [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]Participant received any doses or courses of systemic steroids to prevent or treat bronchopulmonary dysplasia/chronic lung disease.
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) [ Time Frame: From birth through first 120 days of life. ]Proven necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) diagnosis using the Modified Bell's Staging Criteria for NEC.
- Cerebral Palsy [ Time Frame: 18-22 months ]Incidence of cerebral palsy.
- Apgar Scores at 5 Minutes [ Time Frame: 5 minutes after birth. ]Apgar stands for "Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration" and scores range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best) indicating a baby's condition 5 minutes after birth.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 24 Weeks to 27 Weeks (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Infants with a minimal gestational age of 24 weeks 0 days to 27 completed weeks (up to 27 6/7ths) by best obstetrical estimate
- Infants who will receive full resuscitation as necessary, i.e., no parental request or physician decision to forego resuscitation
- Infants whose parents/legal guardians have provided consent for enrollment, or
- Infants without known major congenital malformations
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any infant transported to the center after delivery
- Infants whose parents/legal guardians refuse consent
- Infants born during a time when the research apparatus/study personnel are not available
- Infants < 24 weeks 0 days or > 28 weeks 0 days, completed weeks of gestation

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00233324

Principal Investigator: | Abbot R. Laptook, MD | Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island | |
Principal Investigator: | Michele C. Walsh, MD MS | Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital | |
Principal Investigator: | Ronald N. Goldberg, MD | Duke University | |
Principal Investigator: | Barbara J. Stoll, MD | Emory University | |
Principal Investigator: | Brenda B. Poindexter, MD MS | Indiana University | |
Principal Investigator: | Abhik Das, PhD | RTI International | |
Principal Investigator: | Krisa P. Van Meurs, MD | Stanford University | |
Principal Investigator: | Ivan D. Frantz III, MD | Tufts Medical Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Neil N. Finer, MD | University of California, San Diego | |
Principal Investigator: | Kurt Schibler, MD | Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati | |
Principal Investigator: | Waldemar A. Carlo, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham | |
Principal Investigator: | Edward F. Bell, MD | University of Iowa | |
Principal Investigator: | Kristi L. Watterberg, MD | University of New Mexico | |
Principal Investigator: | Pablo J. Sanchez, MD | University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | |
Principal Investigator: | Kathleen A. Kennedy, MD MPH | The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston | |
Principal Investigator: | Roger G. Faix, MD | University of Utah | |
Principal Investigator: | Seetha Shankaran, MD | Wayne State University | |
Principal Investigator: | Richard A. Ehrenkranz, MD | Yale University |
Publications of Results:
Other Publications:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
NICHD Neonatal Research Network Extremely Low Birth Weight (ELBW) Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Prematurity Mechanical ventilation Surfactant |
Intubation Neurodevelopmental impairment Pulse oximetry Oxygen saturation Positive-Pressure Respiration |
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Retinopathy of Prematurity Premature Birth Infant, Newborn, Diseases Birth Weight Retinal Diseases Eye Diseases Obstetric Labor, Premature Obstetric Labor Complications Pregnancy Complications |
Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications Urogenital Diseases Body Weight Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Lung Injury Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Infant, Premature, Diseases Pulmonary Surfactants Respiratory System Agents |