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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03446937
Date of registration: 05/02/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
Public title: Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Neonatal Morbidity.
Scientific title: Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Neonatal Morbidity.
Date of first enrolment: December 1, 2017
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03446937
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Nigeria
Contacts
Name:     Anisah Yahya, MBBS
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Affiliation:  Ahmadu Bello University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant women at 34 weeks 0 days to 36 weeks 6 days of gestation and a probability of
delivery in the late preterm period irrespective of diagnosis who give consent.

- Pregnant women at 34 weeks 0 days to 36 weeks 6 days of gestation scheduled for
elective/emergency delivery in the late preterm period irrespective of indication and
route of delivery who give consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Evidence of Chrioamnionitis.

- Evidence of foetal distress.

- History of use of antenatal corticosteroids in index pregnancy.

- Women who do not give consent.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 49 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Betamethasone Sodium Phosphate Injection (Medication)
Drug: Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate Injection
Drug: Water for injection
Primary Outcome(s)
Neonatal Respiratory distress syndrome [Time Frame: Within the first 72 hours of life]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Transient tachypnoea of the newborn: [Time Frame: Within the first 72 hours after delivery/birth]
Admission into neonatal intensive care unit. [Time Frame: Within the first 72 hours after delivery/birth]
2. Admission into neonatal intensive care unit. Apnoea. [Time Frame: Within the first 72 hours after delivery/birth]
Secondary ID(s)
AhmaduBUTH
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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