Autopsy report · NCT02045238

Inhaled Hypertonic Saline Use in the Emergency Department to Treat Acute Viral Bronchiolitis

“Technical difficulties (reduced staff plus university strike)”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 6 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 5 months before it stopped.
• 32 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 month after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Na

Sponsor

University of Sao Paulo

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Bronchiolitis

Interventions

Hypertonic Saline; Chest X-Ray; Respiratory virus screening test

Participants

32

Sites

1

Countries

Brazil

Trials that died the same way

• Nitrite Infusion in Islet Cell Transplantation
  “Lack of eligible subjects, lack of staffing” (62% match in meaning)
• Assessing Upper Airway Patency in Tracheostomy Patients During One Way Speaking Valve Trial
  “Staffing issues” (61% match in meaning)
• Transcutaneous Intercostal Nerve Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury
  “Lack of study staff” (61% match in meaning)
• Premolar Extractions for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children With Overjet
  “Reduction in staff” (60% match in meaning)
• Unimalleolar Versus Bimalleolar Fixation in Bi- or Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture
  “Partly due to financial issues and changes in study staff work placements” (59% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.