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Trial reportNeurotoxicology and teratology

Physiologic dysregulation in newborns with prenatal opioid exposure: Cardiac, respiratory and movement activity.

Elisabeth Bloch-Salisbury, Nicolas Rodriguez, Tory Bruch, Lauren McKenna, Lidush Goldschmidt

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial
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Trial report in Neurotoxicology and teratology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02768844 nacompletednot on this map

Physiology and Therapeutic Management of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Massachusetts, WorcesterRan2011 to 2019Enrolled46ConditionsNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeArmsStochastic Vibrotactile Stimulation (SVS), Control
NCT02801331 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomized Controlled Study of Stochastic Vibrotactile Stimulation for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Therapeutic Efficacy and Neurobehavioral Outcomes

TypeinterventionalSponsorElisabeth B SalisburyRan2017 to 2021Enrolled208ConditionsNeonatal Abstinence SyndromeArmsStochastic Vibrotactile Stimulation (SVS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Stochastic vibration and early weight growth in opioid-exposed newborns: a randomized trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Elisabeth Bloch-SalisburyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America. Electronic address: salisburye2@upmc.edu.
Nicolas RodriguezDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America.
Tory BruchDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
Lauren McKennaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America.
Lidush GoldschmidtUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

Stochastic vibro-tactile stimulation: A non-pharmacological intervention for abstinence and drug withdrawal in newborn infantsR01DA042074 · NIDA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SALISBURY, ELISABETH BLOCH · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
Abstinence and Drug Withdrawal: Innovative Translational Methods for NeonatesR21DA035355 · NIDA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SALISBURY, ELISABETH BLOCH · 2013 to 2014
$431k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042074NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA035355
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNewborns with prenatal opioid exposure (POE) are commonly diagnosed with neonatal abstinence/opioid-withdrawal syndromes due to characteristic symptoms and overt behaviors. However, little is known about the underlying physiology of opioid-exposed newborns.

objectiveCardiac, respiratory and movement activity were measured to identify physiologic dysregulation and quantify pathophysiologic instabilities of the central and autonomic nervous systems in POE newborns.

methodsIn this pilot study, 30 hospitalized POE newborns (>35 wks gestational age) participated in one of two study phases wherein physiologic activity was measured for an 8-10 h session. In Phase 1, 17 infants received usual treatment to provide a general assessment of physiologic activity. In Phase 2, 13 infants participated in an interventional study (NCT02768844) using a prototype mattress that delivered stochastic vibratory stimulation (SVS). Changes in physiologic activity were compared for device on (N) and off (F) for three interfeed periods (FNF or NFN).

resultsPhase 1 showed that although infants' heart rate was on average within normal newborn range (mean 137 bpm, SD 7), infants were tachycardic 16% of the study period and tachypneic (mean 74 breaths/min, SD 13) 62% of the period. Infants moved 33% of the period; 17% were durations >30 s. In Phase 2, heart rate, respiratory rate, movement duration and frequency were each reduced for SVS N compared to SVS F in the FNF protocol (P < 0.05).

conclusionFindings support that physiologic measures can identify dysregulation not captured with current withdrawal scoring assessments. Larger studies are warranted to assess if mattress SVS helps regulate pathophysiologic instabilities in infants with POE.

Indexed as

Neonatal Abstinence SyndromeOpioid-Related DisordersAnalgesics, OpioidAutonomic Nervous SystemFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPilot ProjectsPregnancyRespiratory RateAnalgesics, OpioidActigraphyCardio-respiratory activityFinnegan neonatal abstinence scoring system (FNASS)Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS)Stochastic vibratory stimulation (SVS)

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PMID35636580
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