Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial

Summary

This study compared the use of continuous positive airway pressure initiated at birth with the early administration of surfactant administered through a tube in the windpipe within 1 hour of birth for premature infants born at 24 to 27 weeks gestation. In addition, these infants within 2 hours of birth, had a special pulse oximeter placed to continuously monitor their oxygen saturation in two different target ranges (85-89% or 91-95%). This study helped determine whether or not these two management strategies affect chronic lung disease and survival of premature infants.

Timeline

Start

2005-02

Primary completion

2009-02

Completion

2016-08

Publications

• Background Deuticke B. Monocarboxylate transport in red blood cells: kinetics and chemical modification. Methods Enzymol. 1989;173:300-29. doi: 10.1016/s0076-6879(89)73020-2. No abstract available.
• Results SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network; Carlo WA, Finer NN, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Das A, Poole WK, Schibler K, Newman NS, Ambalavanan N, Frantz ID 3rd, Piazza AJ, Sanchez PJ, Morris BH, Laroia N, Phelps DL, Poindexter BB, Cotten CM, Van Meurs KP, Duara S, Narendran V, Sood BG, O'Shea TM, Bell EF, Ehrenkranz RA, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD. Target ranges of oxygen saturation in extremely preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 27;362(21):1959-69. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0911781. Epub 2010 May 16.
• Results SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network; Finer NN, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Das A, Poole WK, Donovan EF, Newman NS, Ambalavanan N, Frantz ID 3rd, Buchter S, Sanchez PJ, Kennedy KA, Laroia N, Poindexter BB, Cotten CM, Van Meurs KP, Duara S, Narendran V, Sood BG, O'Shea TM, Bell EF, Bhandari V, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD. Early CPAP versus surfactant in extremely preterm infants. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 27;362(21):1970-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0911783. Epub 2010 May 16.
• Results Rich WD, Auten KJ, Gantz MG, Hale EC, Hensman AM, Newman NS, Finer NN; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Antenatal consent in the SUPPORT trial: challenges, costs, and representative enrollment. Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1):e215-21. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-3353. Epub 2010 Jun 29.
• Results Di Fiore JM, Walsh M, Wrage L, Rich W, Finer N, Carlo WA, Martin RJ; SUPPORT Study Group of Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Low oxygen saturation target range is associated with increased incidence of intermittent hypoxemia. J Pediatr. 2012 Dec;161(6):1047-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.05.046. Epub 2012 Jun 26.
• Results Rich W, Finer NN, Gantz MG, Newman NS, Hensman AM, Hale EC, Auten KJ, Schibler K, Faix RG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Das A, Shankaran S; SUPPORT and Generic Database Subcommittees of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Enrollment of extremely low birth weight infants in a clinical research study may not be representative. Pediatrics. 2012 Mar;129(3):480-4. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2121. Epub 2012 Feb 27.
• Results Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Wrage LA, Das A, Laughon M, Cotten CM, Kennedy KA, Laptook AR, Shankaran S, Walsh MC, Higgins RD; SUPPORT Study Group of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network. PaCO2 in surfactant, positive pressure, and oxygenation randomised trial (SUPPORT). Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2015 Mar;100(2):F145-9. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306802. Epub 2014 Nov 25.
• Results Navarrete CT, Wrage LA, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Rich W, Gantz MG, Das A, Schibler K, Newman NS, Piazza AJ, Poindexter BB, Shankaran S, Sanchez PJ, Morris BH, Frantz ID 3rd, Van Meurs KP, Cotten CM, Ehrenkranz RA, Bell EF, Watterberg KL, Higgins RD, Duara S; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Growth Outcomes of Preterm Infants Exposed to Different Oxygen Saturation Target Ranges from Birth. J Pediatr. 2016 Sep;176:62-68.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.05.070. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
• Results Stevens TP, Finer NN, Carlo WA, Szilagyi PG, Phelps DL, Walsh MC, Gantz MG, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Newman JE, Das A, Do BT, Schibler K, Rich W, Newman NS, Ehrenkranz RA, Peralta-Carcelen M, Vohr BR, Wilson-Costello DE, Yolton K, Heyne RJ, Evans PW, Vaucher YE, Adams-Chapman I, McGowan EC, Bodnar A, Pappas A, Hintz SR, Acarregui MJ, Fuller J, Goldstein RF, Bauer CR, O'Shea TM, Myers GJ, Higgins RD; SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Respiratory outcomes of the surfactant positive pressure and oximetry randomized trial (SUPPORT). J Pediatr. 2014 Aug;165(2):240-249.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.054. Epub 2014 Apr 13.
• Results Vaucher YE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Finer NN, Carlo WA, Gantz MG, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Faix RG, Das A, Schibler K, Rich W, Newman NS, Vohr BR, Yolton K, Heyne RJ, Wilson-Costello DE, Evans PW, Goldstein RF, Acarregui MJ, Adams-Chapman I, Pappas A, Hintz SR, Poindexter B, Dusick AM, McGowan EC, Ehrenkranz RA, Bodnar A, Bauer CR, Fuller J, O'Shea TM, Myers GJ, Higgins RD; SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in the early CPAP and pulse oximetry trial. N Engl J Med. 2012 Dec 27;367(26):2495-504. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1208506.
• Hintz SR, Bann CM, Vohr BR, McGowan EC, Vaucher YE, Fuller MG, Das A, Wilson-Costello DE, Garey DM, Sibley CK, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Neonatal Neuroimaging Among Children Born Extremely Preterm and Motor Coordination Impairment at School-Age. J Pediatr. 2025 Oct;285:114704. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2025.114704. Epub 2025 Jun 24.
• Lowe J, Bann CM, Dempsey AG, Fuller J, Taylor HG, Gustafson KE, Watson VE, Vohr BR, Das A, Shankaran S, Yolton K, Ball MB, Hintz SR; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Do Bayley-III Composite Scores at 18-22 Months Corrected Age Predict Full-Scale IQ at 6-7 Years in Children Born Extremely Preterm? J Pediatr. 2023 Dec;263:113700. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113700. Epub 2023 Aug 26.
• Lowe J, Fuller JF, Dempsey AG, Do B, Bann CM, Das A, Gustafson KE, Vohr BR, Hintz SR, Watterberg KL; SUPPORT NEURO School-Age Study Subcommittee of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Cortisol awakening response and developmental outcomes at 6-7 years in children born extremely preterm. Pediatr Res. 2023 Feb;93(3):689-695. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02113-9. Epub 2022 Jun 17.
• Duncan AF, Bann CM, Dempsey AG, Adams-Chapman I, Heyne R, Hintz SR; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development Neonatal Research Network. Neuroimaging and Bayley-III correlates of early hand function in extremely preterm children. J Perinatol. 2019 Mar;39(3):488-496. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0314-0. Epub 2019 Jan 28.
• Duncan AF, Bann CM, Dempsey A, Peralta-Carcelen M, Hintz S; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development Neonatal Research Network. Behavioral Deficits at 18-22 Months of Age Are Associated with Early Cerebellar Injury and Cognitive and Language Performance in Children Born Extremely Preterm. J Pediatr. 2019 Jan;204:148-156.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.08.059. Epub 2018 Oct 3.
• Chawla S, Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Carper B, Brion LP, Keszler M, Carlo WA, Ambalavanan N, Gantz MG, Das A, Finer N, Goldberg RN, Cotten CM, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Markers of Successful Extubation in Extremely Preterm Infants, and Morbidity After Failed Extubation. J Pediatr. 2017 Oct;189:113-119.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.04.050. Epub 2017 Jun 7.
• Di Fiore JM, Martin RJ, Li H, Morris N, Carlo WA, Finer N, Walsh M; SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Patterns of Oxygenation, Mortality, and Growth Status in the Surfactant Positive Pressure and Oxygen Trial Cohort. J Pediatr. 2017 Jul;186:49-56.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.01.057. Epub 2017 Mar 6.
• Hintz SR, Barnes PD, Bulas D, Slovis TL, Finer NN, Wrage LA, Das A, Tyson JE, Stevenson DK, Carlo WA, Walsh MC, Laptook AR, Yoder BA, Van Meurs KP, Faix RG, Rich W, Newman NS, Cheng H, Heyne RJ, Vohr BR, Acarregui MJ, Vaucher YE, Pappas A, Peralta-Carcelen M, Wilson-Costello DE, Evans PW, Goldstein RF, Myers GJ, Poindexter BB, McGowan EC, Adams-Chapman I, Fuller J, Higgins RD; SUPPORT Study Group of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Neuroimaging and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2015 Jan;135(1):e32-42. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-0898. Epub 2014 Dec 1.
• LeVan JM, Brion LP, Wrage LA, Gantz MG, Wyckoff MH, Sanchez PJ, Heyne R, Jaleel M, Finer NN, Carlo WA, Das A, Stoll BJ, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network. Change in practice after the Surfactant, Positive Pressure and Oxygenation Randomised Trial. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2014 Sep;99(5):F386-90. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306057. Epub 2014 May 29.

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