MINImising Total Radiation EXposure in Preterm Infants

PHASE2Not yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

180

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 1, 2025

Primary Completion Date

August 1, 2028

Study Completion Date

December 1, 2028

Conditions
Neonatal Respiratory Distress SyndromePreTerm Neonate
Interventions
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Lung ultrasound group

Infants in the intervention arm will receive lung ultrasound as their first line imaging. Clinicians will be permitted to order a chest x-ray if they require further information or if the lung ultrasound findings are inconclusive or not consistent with the clinical findings.

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Standard Care

Infants in the standard group will receive chest X-ray as their first line imaging tool. Lung ultrasound will not be permitted in this group.

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Western Health, Australia

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