In a longitudinal cohort study, we want to assess the effect of the pre-epiglottic baton plate, the main treatment approach currently used in Germany for Pierre-Robin-Like phenotype, on upper airway obstruction and failure to thrive using objective criteria (mixed-obstructive apnea index assessed by polysomnography, standard deviation score for body weight) upon admission and 3 months after hospital discharge.
Pierre-Robin sequence consists of a small lower jaw, a retropositioned tongue (glossoptosis), and optionally cleft palate, leading to severe upper airway obstruction and failure to thrive; occasionally even to sudden infant death. Treatment approaches are heterogeneous, some are considerably invasive; few have been evaluated by objective tests. In a longitudinal cohort study, we want to assess the effect of the pre-epiglottic baton plate on upper airway obstruction and failure to thrive using objective criteria (mixed-obstructive apnea index assessed by polysomnography, standard deviation score for body weight) upon admission and 3 months after hospital discharge. The pre-epiglottic baton plate is the main treatment approach currently used in Germany for this condition and practised standard care in the three participating study centers. These data will help to compare the effect of the main treatment currently used in Germany with international data on more invasive treatments used in this rare condition.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
modified acrylic palatal plate in which a velar extension resembling a spur or baton shifts the base of the tongue forward. This treatment is the standard care for infants with Pierre-Robin-Like Phenotype in the participating study centers and not assigned by protocol.
Centre of Competence for Oro- and Craniofacial Malformations and Department of Neonatology, Univ. Hospital of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
Dept. of Neonatology and Interdisciplinary Centre for Craniofacial Malformations, University Hospital Tuebingen
Tübingen, Germany
Dept. of Orthodontics and University Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Wuerzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Change in mixed-obstructive apnea index (MOAI)
Change in mixed-obstructive apnea index (MOAI) assessed by polygraphy from pre- to post-intervention as a marker of Pierre-Robin-sequence-related breathing disorder
Time frame: upon admission within the first year of life (before start of treatment) and 3 months after hospital discharge
Change in standard deviation score for body weight
Body weight will be obtained by electronic scales and the standard deviation score for weight calculated
Time frame: upon admission within the first year of life (before start of treatment) and 3 months after hospital discharge
Duration of hospital stay
Time frame: admission within the first year of life for initiation of study intervention
Treatment failure
Time frame: 3 months after admission for initiation of study intervention
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