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Observational Data Collection for Blood Hemoglobin Algorithm Validation in Pediatrics
Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
Summary
This study will enroll children and young adults who are scheduled to undergo planned heart surgery or a heart catheterization procedure while under general anesthesia. Researchers will collect information from a forehead sensor that measures oxygen levels in the body's tissues, along with blood hemoglobin measurements obtained from blood samples that are already being collected as part of routine medical care. The goal of the study is to determine whether a blood hemoglobin monitoring method that has already been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in adults may also work well in pediatric patients.
Official title: Prospective Observational Data Collection Study for Validation of a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy-Based Blood Hemoglobin Algorithm in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery or Cardiac Catheterization
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
0 Days - 21 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2026-08
Completion Date
2027-12
Last Updated
2026-07-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring
This study evaluates noninvasive hemoglobin monitoring using a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-based tissue oximetry system in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery or cardiac catheterization under general anesthesia. A FDA-cleared ForeSight Tissue Oximetry sensor is placed on the forehead to continuously measure tissue oxygenation, and an algorithm is derived to estimate hemoglobin. Reference hemoglobin values are obtained from arterial blood samples analyzed using standard blood-gas/co-oximetry methods as part of routine clinical care. A small number of additional samples may be collected if needed. The study compares noninvasive hemoglobin estimates with laboratory hemoglobin measurements. No investigational devices are used, and there is no change to clinical care.
Locations (1)
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States