Remote neonatologist support for high-risk newborn resuscitation in community hospitals
The TELENEO Trial: A Multicenter Trial of Telemedicine for Advanced Neonatal Resuscitations in Community Hospitals
This project connects local delivery teams with a neonatologist by live video and audio to help resuscitate at-risk newborns born in hospitals without a NICU.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Mayo Clinic Rochester NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Rochester, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11171606 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If your baby needs help starting to breathe after birth at a community hospital without a NICU, this project lets the local team get real-time guidance from an experienced neonatologist via video and audio. The remote specialist watches the delivery-room care and coaches local clinicians on breathing support, chest compressions, medications, and other urgent steps. The study compares outcomes such as early death, severe brain bleeding, pneumothorax, seizures, and the quality of delivery-room care between births that receive remote support and usual care. The goal is to see whether live teleneonatology improves survival and reduces serious complications for at-risk outborn newborns.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are newborns born at participating community hospitals without a NICU who require advanced resuscitation at birth, such as premature infants or those showing signs of severe breathing or neurological problems.
Not a fit: Healthy full-term babies who do not need advanced resuscitation and infants born at hospitals with an on-site NICU are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this intervention.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could reduce early deaths and serious complications and improve the immediate care newborns receive at hospitals without on-site neonatal intensive care.
How similar studies have performed: Prior pilot and observational work has shown teleneonatology is feasible and can improve clinician support and some care processes, but large multicenter trials testing effects on mortality and major neonatal complications are limited.
Where this research is happening
Rochester, United States
- Mayo Clinic Rochester — Rochester, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Fang, Jennifer L — Mayo Clinic Rochester
- Study coordinator: Fang, Jennifer L
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.