ISRCTN ISRCTN01115788
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN01115788
EudraCT/CTIS number 2007-007156-33
ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00649961
Secondary identifying numbers 4169; G0502100
Submission date
24/06/2010
Registration date
24/06/2010
Last edited
22/03/2016
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Prof David Edwards
Scientific

School of Medicine
Hammersmith Hospital
Du Cane Road
London
W12 0HS
United Kingdom

Study information

Study designMulticentre non-randomised interventional treatment trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designNon randomised study
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Can be found at http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/discoveryscanning/index.htm
Scientific titleMelatonin as a novel neuroprotectant in preterm infants - Dosage study
Study acronymMIND
Study objectivesPreterm babies are at risk of brain injury. Melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone, may reduce this risk. The unborn baby receives melatonin from the mother but following premature delivery there maybe a period of prolonged melatonin deficiency. This deficiency may be harmful because studies suggest that melatonin is important in protecting the brain and reducing the risk of brain injury after preterm birth. The purpose of this study is to find the ideal dose of melatonin to give to preterm babies. We intend to study a total of 24 babies less than 31 weeks gestation and who are less than 7 days old.
Ethics approval(s)Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes Hospital Research Ethics Committee, 23/04/2008, ref: 08/H0707/33
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedTopic: Medicines for Children Research Network; Subtopic: All Diagnoses; Disease: All Diseases
InterventionThe proposed clinical trial is a single dose, open label, dose escalation pharmacokinetic study in preterm infants less than 31 weeks gestation to achieve adult peak blood concentrations of melatonin (200 - 250 pmol/L). The trial will be a multicentre study based in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of United Kingdom. A single intravenous infusion of melatonin will be given to each infant maximum over 6 hours once in the first 7 days of life. The starting dose is 0.1 microgram/kg/hr which will be increased or decreased incrementally in subsequent groups of infants until the desired melatonin concentration is achieved. A maximum of 24 preterm babies less than 31 weeks gestation will be recruited in this study. Four blood samples (0.5 - 1 ml) will be collected at various time points of the intravenous infusion along with bag urine samples to evaluate the pharmacokinetics profile of melatonin. Patients will followed up as routine local neonatal protocol.

Follow-up length: 0 months
Study entry: registration only
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhasePhase II
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Melatonin
Primary outcome measureSerum melatonin level 200 - 250 pmol/L, measured at 6 hours after infusion started.
Secondary outcome measuresPharmacokinetics profile of melatonin in preterm infants
Overall study start date18/05/2010
Completion date25/12/2010

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNeonate
SexBoth
Target number of participantsPlanned sample size: 24; UK sample size: 24
Key inclusion criteria1. Infants born at less than 30 weeks gestation, either sex
2. No major congenital malformation
3. No cystic periventricular leukomalacia (cPVL) or haemorrhagic parenchymal infarction (HPI) on cranial ultrasonography
4. Parental consent given
5. Can begin treatment within 24 hours of birth
Key exclusion criteria1. Major congenital malformation
2. Cystic periventricular leucomalacia (cPVL) or haemorrhagic parenchymal infarcts (HPI) on cranial ultrasonography
Date of first enrolment18/05/2010
Date of final enrolment25/12/2010

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Hammersmith Hospital
London
W12 0HS
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Imperial College London (UK)
University/education

ICCH Building
59 North Wharf Road
London
W2 1LA
England
United Kingdom

Website http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/041kmwe10

Funders

Funder type

Research council

Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK) (ref: G0502100)
Government organisation / National government
Alternative name(s)
Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), UK Medical Research Council, MRC
Location
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Basic results No No
Results article results 01/11/2013 Yes No

Editorial Notes

22/03/2016: added link to results - basic reporting.