Efficacy of Combining Prophylactic Curosurf With Early Nasal CPAP in Delivery Room: the Curpap Study

Summary

The primary objective of this study is to compare two methods of post-delivery stabilization and subsequent early respiratory care for reducing the need for MV and related secondary complications, such as BPD, in premature babies at high risk of RDS: 1. Early stabilization on nCPAP 2. Intubation, prophylactic surfactant (Curosurf®) administration shortly after delivery, and rapid extubation to nCPAP. The data obtained from this comparison will be applied to test the hypothesis that preterm neonates at risk of RDS who are treated with prophylactic surfactant + nCPAP show less need for MV when compared to infants who receive nCPAP alone.

Timeline

Start

2007-03

Primary completion

2008-05

Completion

2008-05

Publications

• Results Sandri F, Plavka R, Ancora G, Simeoni U, Stranak Z, Martinelli S, Mosca F, Nona J, Thomson M, Verder H, Fabbri L, Halliday H; CURPAP Study Group. Prophylactic or early selective surfactant combined with nCPAP in very preterm infants. Pediatrics. 2010 Jun;125(6):e1402-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2131. Epub 2010 May 3.

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