Testing a wireless brain oxygen sensor for babies in intensive care
Tests a wireless forehead sensor in newborns in intensive care.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Evaluating a Wireless NIRS Device in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Key facts
- Where
- Montreal, CanadaSee the site
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who are already being monitored with the INVOS wired NIRS system. A wireless sensor is tested on the forehead.
- Age
- Infants in the NICU with a gestational age of ≥ 32 weeks at the time of the monitoring.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Earlier treatment
- Infants must be undergoing monitoring with the INVOS wired NIRS system.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Infants with a skin abnormality that could increase the risk of injury
- Infants too unstable to be approached, as decided by an attending physician or the bedside care team
- Families under too much stress to be approached, as decided by an attending physician or the bedside care team
Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Where in Canada
- Montreal Children's HospitalMontreal, CanadaContact: Guilherme Sant'Anna, MD, PhDTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- Trial code
- NCT07732244
- Record updated
- 28 July 2026
- Original description
The wireless NIRS sensor will be placed on the participant's forehead, directly underneath the INVOS wired sensor. The wireless NIRS sensor will remain in place for 4 consecutive hours, over 2 consecutive days. As standard-of-care, nursing personnel removes all sensors at every care to evaluate skin and reduce the risk of pressure sores. The wireless NIRS device will be removed and reapplied at the same time, by the research team who will annotate what time the sensor was removed, replaced, and the condition of the skin. This will be used to correlate signal disconnection with sensor care (i.e., skin checks, sensor removal, etc.).Read full original descriptionShow less
Evaluating a Wireless NIRS Device in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a Sub-study of the Wireless NICU Study
The wireless NIRS sensor will be placed on the participant's forehead, directly underneath the INVOS wired sensor. The wireless NIRS sensor will remain in place for 4 consecutive hours, over 2 consecutive days. As standard-of-care, nursing personnel removes all sensors at every care to evaluate skin and reduce the risk of pressure sores. The wireless NIRS device will be removed and reapplied at the same time, by the research team who will annotate what time the sensor was removed, replaced, and the condition of the skin. This will be used to correlate signal disconnection with sensor care (i.e., skin checks, sensor removal, etc.).
Inclusion: Infants admitted to the NICU with a gestational age of ≥ 32 weeks at the time of the monitoring; undergoing monitoring with the INVOS wired NIRS system.
Exclusion: Infants with a skin abnormality that would potentially increase the risk of injury,; Patient too unstable or family experiencing too much stress as determined by an attending physician or bedside care team to not be approached for recruitment.