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Clinical Research

Neonatology

Pulmonology

Trainee
Session Type: Hot Topic Symposia

Methods of Surfactant Delivery - Who, When, Where, What?

Sunday, April 27, 2025
7:00am – 8:30am HST
Location: Convention Center: Kalākaua Ballroom A (Level 4)
CE: 1.5

Selected By: Neonatal
Disclosure(s):
Anup Katheria, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Charles Christoph Christoph Roehr, MD, PhD: Chiesi Pharmaceuticals (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Speaker Honorarium including speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)

There is a large body of evidence that has now demonstrated that non-invasive surfactant administration has benefits for term and preterm infants. These benefits include reductions in morbidities such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Less invasive methods may have benefits not seen with traditional administration of surfactant such as rescue vs prophylactic administration in the delivery room. Conversely, other methods may be only used on larger and less preterm infants due to size and logistical constraints. This session will review the evidence for such approaches from large cohort studies to randomized controlled trials, as well as experience from centers having developed these techniques. We have assembled international experts on surfactant administration including the director for Cochrane Neonatal, expert trialists for surfactant administration, and guideline experts from the European consensus statements on the management of respiratory distress syndrome.

Learning Objectives:

  • At the end of the session the audience will be able to understand how methods of less invasive surfactant administration became standard practice
  • At the end of the session the audience will be able to review the different methods of surfactant delivery
  • At the end of the session the audience will be able to explore the knowledge gaps and future directions for surfactant research.

Presentations:

  • 7:00am – 7:12am HST
    More than one way to skin a cat!” A review of methods to deliver surfactant.

    Speaker: Anup Katheria, MD – Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns

  • 7:12am – 7:24am HST
    The German Story - Reflections on the German LISA Trials and Current Practice

    Speaker: Christoph Härtel, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Würzburg, Pediatrics

  • 7:24am – 7:30am HST
    What am I supposed to do? What to expect from International Consensus recommendations.

    Speaker: Charles Christoph Christoph Roehr, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Bristol

  • 7:30am – 7:48am HST
    No laryngoscope needed! What do we know so far? Why do we need more trials?

    Speaker: Calum T. Roberts, PhD (he/him/his) – Monash University

    Speaker: Kari Roberts, MD – University of Minnesota

  • 7:48am – 8:00am HST
    Where to next? An evidence review and outlook on the future of surfactant delivery.

    Speaker: Roger Soll, MD – Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

  • 8:00am – 8:30am HST
    Q & A