Sildenafil Plus Hypothermia to Treat Neonatal Encephalopathy

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeUp to 12
SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

About this trial

The main objective of this study is to assess pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and treated by controlled hypothermia. This phase 2 study will prepare a large phase 3 randomized controlled trial to demonstrate the superiority of a combinatory therapy associating IV sildenafil and controlled hypothermia compared to Placebo and controlled hypothermia, on survival without brain lesions on MRI at discharge, in neonates born after 36 weeks of gestation.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

1/Neonates born at or after 36 weeks' gestation, treated by therapeutic servo-controlled hypothermia for neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

2/ Social security coverage

3/ Informed consent of one of the two holders of parental authority.

Disqualifiers

1/ Chromosomal aberrations and major malformations evidenced after birth

2/ Decision for "comfort care only" before study drug administration,

3/ Uncontrolled hemorrhagic syndrome,

4/ Severe hemodynamic failure at initiation, requiring at least two therapies (including either volume expansion, hydrocortisone or inotropes)

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sildenafil Citrate (IV)

    Drug

    Controlled hypothermia initiated before 6h after birth (servo-controlled 33.5°C during 72h followed by a 12-h rewarming period up to 36.5°C), open-label IV Sildenafil Citrate (Revatio®, 10 mg/12.5 mL, Pfizer) 0.4 mg/kg delivered over 3 hours, followed by a maintenance infusion at 1.6 mg/kg/day for 72h

Treatment groups

24 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Plasma concentrations of Sildenafil within the first 5 days following treatment initiation.

Pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with HIE and treated by controlled hypothermia.

Time frame
From 3 hours after initiation of sildenafil and 48 hours after end of maintenance continuous infusion

Secondary outcomes

1

Estimated clearance parameters

Pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with HIE and treated by controlled hypothermia.

Time frame
From initiation of sildenafil and 48 hours after end of maintenance continuous infusion
2

volumes of distribution for IV sildenafil (l)

Pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with HIE and treated by controlled hypothermia.

Time frame
From initiation of sildenafil and 48 hours after end of maintenance continuous infusion
3

Area under the plasma sildenafil concentration-time curve

Pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with HIE and treated by controlled hypothermia.

Time frame
From initiation of sildenafil and 48 hours after end of maintenance continuous infusion
4

Maximum plasma sildenafil concentration achieved (individual exposure)

Pharmacokinetics features of IV sildenafil in neonates with HIE and treated by controlled hypothermia.

Time frame
From initiation of sildenafil and 48 hours after end of maintenance continuous infusion

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Lead sponsor

URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

Collaborator

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