Clinical trialNCT01835392CompletedInterventional

Neuroprotective Effects of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning (RIPC) During Infant Cardiac Surgery

SponsorNemours Children's ClinicEnrollment137Heart Defects, Congenital

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to look at whether the use of a simple technique before surgery, which involves inflating a blood pressure cuff on the infant's leg, can improve development of language, motor and thinking skills at 12 months of age. Some research has found that a brief shortage of blood supply to an organ (such as a leg) at level that does not cause harm may help the body to tolerate a longer and more severe shortage of blood (for example, during surgery).

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Investigators

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Christian Pizarro, MD
Nemours
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Nemours Cardiac Center
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 30 Sept 2011
Primary completion: 31 Jan 2018
Completion: 31 Jan 2018
Last update posted: 16 Mar 2020
Registered enrollment: 137
Registry id: NCT01835392

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