NCT06468475

Enhancing Neonatal Sucking Reflex: A Study on the Efficacy of Magnesium Sulphate in Severe Birth Asphyxia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: RESnTEC, Institute of Research · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Hour – 6 Hours
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Children's Hospital Multan is a tertiary care teaching hospital in South Punjab, the poorest and most backward area of Punjab, Pakistan, where a significant number of newborns suffer from birth asphyxia. Therefore, this study was planned with the objective of investigating the effectiveness of magnesium sulphate in severe birth asphyxia, hypothesizing that in cases of birth asphyxia, neonates who are treated with magnesium sulphate have a higher sucking reflex than those who are not treated with magnesium sulphate.

Conditions

• Birth Asphyxia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Magnesium Sulphate infusion	Magnesium sulphate 24 hours apart by intravenous infusion at 250 mg/kg/dose (0.5 mL/kg/dose of injection magnesium sulphate 50% w/v diluted in 5 mL/kg of 5% glucose) over a duration of half an hour by an infusion pump

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-31
• Completion: 2024-03-31
• First posted: 2024-06-21
• Last updated: 2024-06-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan