drugset / Trial / NCT00133679

Chronic Sildenafil for Severe Diaphragmatic Hernia

NCT00133679

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test if sildenafil is effective in the treatment of infants with severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia (determined by the presence of prolonged pulmonary hypertension or prolonged oxygen supplementation on mechanical ventilation), as measured by the estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure following treatment.

Timeline

Start
2006-02
Primary completion
2013-07
Completion
2013-10

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Sildenafil Unknown 0.5 mg/kg Oral