A randomised trial comparing weaning from CPAP alone with weaning using heated humidified high flow nasal cannula in very preterm infants: the CHiPS study.

Objective: To determine whether weaning from nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) using heated humidified high flow nasal cannula (nHF) was non-inferior to weaning using nCPAP alone in relation to time on respiratory support.

Study Design: Single-centre, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.