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Effect of Pre-delivery Dexamethasone in Comparison With Betamethasone on Fetal Heart Trace
Led by Rawalpindi Medical College · Updated on 2025-08-12
110
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
13 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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Rawalpindi Medical College
Lead Sponsor
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Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
As baby grows inside the womb of mother, heart and other organs develop. The heart activity can be recorded by placing a transducer on the belly of mother. The tracing obtain provides information about heart rate, any increase or decrease in heart rate and how much it varies with time. Variation in heart rate along with increase is indicator of fetal well being. Some mothers are at high risk of pre-term birth that is baby delivery before 37 weeks of gestation. In such cases steroids are given to mother to accelerate lung development of the baby so that it can easily adapt to outside world. Dexamethasone and Betamethasone are commonly used steroids which can also effect fetal heart activity.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Pre-delivery Dexamethasone in Comparison With Betamethasone on Fetal Heart Trace
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- History of pre term labor
- Preterm pre labor rupture of membranes
- Third trimester bleeding due to placenta previa
You will not qualify if you...
- Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)
- Uteroplacental insufficiency
- Oligohydramnios
- Maternal drug therapy that can affect fetal heart rate
- Contraindications to intramuscular injections
- Patients admitted with non-reassuring cardiotocography (CTG)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 46000
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Ifra Shafique, MBBS
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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