1,974
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2002
Primary Completion Date
April 30, 2005
Study Completion Date
November 30, 2007
Aggressive Phototherapy 501-750g
Phototherapy started, stopped, and/or restarted when total serum bilirubin levels reach 5 mg/dl during days of life 1-14.
Aggressive Phototherapy 751-1000g
Phototherapy started, stopped, and/or restarted when total serum bilirubin levels reach 5 mg/dl during days of life 1-7, and started, stopped, and/or restarted when levels reach 7 mg/dl during days of life 8-14.
Conservative Phototherapy 501-750g
Phototherapy started, stopped, and/or restarted when total serum bilirubin levels reach ≥8.0 mg/dl during days of life 1-14.
Conservative Phototherapy 751-1000g
Phototherapy started, stopped, and/or restarted when total serum bilirubin levels reach ≥10.0 mg/dl during days of life 1-14.
University of Rochester, Rochester
Wake Forest University, Charlotte
RTI International, Durham
Duke University, Durham
Emory University, Atlanta
University of Miami, Miami
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham
Case Western Reserve University, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland
Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, Cincinnati
Indiana University, Indianapolis
Wayne State University, Detroit
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston
Stanford University, Palo Alto
University of California at San Diego, San Diego
Yale University, New Haven
Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
NIH
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
NETWORK