# Early Surfactant to Reduce Use of Mechanical Breathing in Low Birth Weight Infants

> **NCT00005774** · PHASE3 · TERMINATED · sponsor: **NICHD Neonatal Research Network** · enrollment: 61 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Infant, Newborn
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Respiratory Insufficiency

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Early surfactant
- **DRUG:** Standard practice

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00005774
- **Lead sponsor:** NICHD Neonatal Research Network
- **Sponsor class:** NETWORK
- **Phase:** PHASE3
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2000-05
- **Primary completion:** 2002-07
- **Final completion:** 2002-07
- **Target enrollment:** 61 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** The trial was stopped after 7 months for lack of recruitment.
- **Last updated:** 2015-06-08

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00005774

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00005774, "Early Surfactant to Reduce Use of Mechanical Breathing in Low Birth Weight Infants". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00005774. Licensed CC0.

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