This application proposes a training program to develop Cynthia McEvoy, MD, into an independent clinician-scientist specializing in investigations of pulmonary function testing in neonates and infants. Dr. McEvoy is a board certified Pediatrician with subspecialty training in neonatology. The mentored career development plan consists of a three-tiered approach: a didactic education resulting in a Master in Clinical Research degree, a broad-based experiential learning program, and a mentored clinical research experience. The primary goal will be for Dr. McEvoy to achieve independence as a clinical investigator in all respects. Dr. McEvoy is currently enrolled in the Humans Investigation Program at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). This is a two-year K30 (NIH) conducted program for the purposes of developing patient-oriented research skills. Mentored research will be conducted under the direction of a mentorship committee composed of Dr. Cynthia Morris, Professor of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research, OHSU;Dr. Sonia Buist, Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, OHSU;Dr. Dawn Peters, biostatistician, OHSU;and Dr. Michael Wall, Chief, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology. Dr. Manuel Durand from the University of Southern California will serve as an off-site mentor and committee member. The proposed research is a prospective blinded trial to determine if supplemental Vitamin C given to smoking pregnant women can block the in utero effects of smoking on fetal lung development. About 12% of women smoke during pregnancy with at least 500,000 smoke-exposed babies born per year. These infants have altered pulmonary function at birth with increased respiratory morbidities including increased childhood asthma. We hypothesize that nicotine interacts with nicotinic receptors in the developing lung, causing altered growth and pulmonary function. Some of nicotine's receptor mediated actions need reactive oxygen intermediates and may be blocked by the anti-oxidant Vitamin C. This is supported by data in primates. The primary aim is to establish that supplemental Vitamin C can block the in utero effects of smoking on fetal lung development/pulmonary function measured at birth. A secondary aim is to document that infants delivered to smoking mothers randomized to supplemental Vitamin C during gestation have improved pulmonary function at 12 months of age compared to infants delivered to smoking mothers randomize to placebo during gestation.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
5K23HL080231-05
Application #
7924182
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHL1-CSR-M (O1))
Program Officer
Rothgeb, Ann E
Project Start
2006-09-25
Project End
2011-08-31
Budget Start
2010-09-01
Budget End
2011-08-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$135,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Oregon Health and Science University
Department
Pediatrics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
096997515
City
Portland
State
OR
Country
United States
Zip Code
97239
Jordan, Brian K; Schilling, Diane; McEvoy, Cindy T (2018) The window of improved neonatal respiratory compliance after rescue antenatal steroids. J Perinatol 38:828-833
Go, Mitzi; Schilling, Diane; Nguyen, Thuan et al. (2018) Respiratory Compliance in Late Preterm Infants (340/7-346/7 Weeks) after Antenatal Steroid Therapy. J Pediatr 201:21-26
Shorey-Kendrick, Lyndsey E; McEvoy, Cindy T; Ferguson, Betsy et al. (2017) Vitamin C Prevents Offspring DNA Methylation Changes Associated with Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 196:745-755
McEvoy, Cindy T; Spindel, Eliot R (2017) Pulmonary Effects of Maternal Smoking on the Fetus and Child: Effects on Lung Development, Respiratory Morbidities, and Life Long Lung Health. Paediatr Respir Rev 21:27-33
Jordan, Brian K; Schilling, Diane; McEvoy, Cindy T (2017) Pulmonary Function at Hospital Discharge in Preterm Infants Randomized to a Single Rescue Course of Antenatal Steroids. J Pediatr 181:62-66.e1
MacDonald, Kelvin D; Vesco, Kimberly K; Funk, Kristine L et al. (2016) Maternal body mass index before pregnancy is associated with increased bronchodilator dispensing in early childhood: A cross-sectional study. Pediatr Pulmonol 51:803-11
Morrow, Daniel K; Schilling, Diane; McEvoy, Cindy T (2015) Response to bronchodilators in very preterm infants with evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Res Rep Neonatol 5:113-117
McEvoy, Cindy T; Aschner, Judy L (2015) The Natural History of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: The Case for Primary Prevention. Clin Perinatol 42:911-31
McEvoy, Cindy T; Schilling, Diane; Clay, Nakia et al. (2014) Vitamin C supplementation for pregnant smoking women and pulmonary function in their newborn infants: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA 311:2074-82
McEvoy, Cindy; Venigalla, Sridevi; Schilling, Diane et al. (2013) Respiratory function in healthy late preterm infants delivered at 33-36 weeks of gestation. J Pediatr 162:464-9

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