Status:
COMPLETED
Antenatal Betamethasone Compared to Dexamethasone - "BETACODE TRIAL"
Lead Sponsor:
University of Oklahoma
Collaborating Sponsors:
Stony Brook University
Conditions:
Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Intraventricular Hemorrhage
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Antenatal corticosteroids result in substantial decrease in neonatal morbidity and mortality by specifically reducing the risk of respiratory distress syndrome, intraventricular hemorrhage and neonata...
Detailed Description
We conducted a double blind placebo-controlled randomized trial of antenatal betamethasone compared to dexamethasone among women at risk of preterm deliveries at Stony Brook University Hospital from A...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women in preterm labor with intact membranes
- Women with preterm premature rupture of membranes
- Women been delivered for fetal and maternal indications
- Gestational age between 24 and 33 6/7 weeks'.
Exclusion
- Clinical chorioamnionitis
- known major fetal structural anomalies,
- known fetal chromosomal abnormalities,
- prior antenatal steroid exposure,
- quadruplets and higher order multiple gestation
- Women who declined enrollment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
April 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00418353
Start Date
August 1 2002
End Date
April 1 2005
Last Update
January 4 2007
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Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, New York, United States, 117913