Clinical trial · Observational
Inflammatory Cytokines Associated With Perinatal Brain Injury
A Study to Determine If Inflammatory Cytokines Are Associated With Perinatal Brain Injury and Long Term Neurodevelopmental Handicap or Death
NCT01035697CI-TRIAL-00037743CytokinescompletedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
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- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This observational study assessed whether measurements of certain pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood (either singly or in combination) at birth and/or up to day of life 21 can predict cerebral palsy at 18-22 months corrected age.
Conditions
Conditions (5)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebral Palsy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Infant, Low Birth Weight | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Infant, Newborn | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Infant, Premature | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Infant, Small for Gestational Age | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (0)
[]Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Pro-cytokines increased and anti-inflammatory cytokines decreased
- timeFrame
- At birth and/or up to Day 3±1
Secondary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Type and severity of CP and other neurodevelopmental handicaps, the appearance of PVL, and neonatal mortality
- timeFrame
- 18-22 months corrected age
- measure
- Abnormal pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines at birth are associated with prenatal insults (e.g., chorioamnionitis, occult intrauterine infection, early-onset neonatal sepsis, perinatal asphyxia, early death)
- timeFrame
- At birth
- measure
- Abnormal postnatal cytokine levels associated with postnatal insults (e.g., postnatal intraventricular hemorrhage, late-onset neonatal sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, chronic lung disease, and/or necrotizing enterocolitis)
- timeFrame
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Maximum age
- 72 Hours
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Inclusion Criteria: * Infants 401-1,000 grams at birth Exclusion Criteria: * \>72 hours of age
References
Publications (4)
- RESULTAmbalavanan N, Carlo WA, D'Angio CT, McDonald SA, Das A, Schendel D, Thorsen P, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Cytokines associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatrics. 2009 Apr;123(4):1132-41. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-0526. PMID 19336372
- RESULTNatarajan G, Shankaran S, McDonald SA, DAS A, Stoll BJ, Higgins RD, Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM, Carlo WA; NICHD neonatal research network. Circulating beta chemokine and MMP 9 as markers of oxidative injury in extremely low birth weight infants. Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan;67(1):77-82. doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181c0b16c. PMID 19755933
- RESULTSood BG, Madan A, Saha S, Schendel D, Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard D, Shankaran S, Carlo W; NICHD neonatal research network. Perinatal systemic inflammatory response syndrome and retinopathy of prematurity. Pediatr Res. 2010 Apr;67(4):394-400. doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181d01a36. PMID 20032809
- RESULTCarlo WA, McDonald SA, Tyson JE, Stoll BJ, Ehrenkranz RA, Shankaran S, Goldberg RN, Das A, Schendel D, Thorsen P, Skogstrand K, Hougaard DM, Oh W, Laptook AR, Duara S, Fanaroff AA, Donovan EF, Korones SB, Stevenson DK, Papile LA, Finer NN, O'Shea TM, Poindexter BB, Wright LL, Ambalavanan N, Higgins RD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Cytokines and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants. J Pediatr. 2011 Dec;159(6):919-25.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2011.05.042. Epub 2011 Jul 27. PMID 21798559