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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00120588
Date of registration: 11/07/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Hospital, Rouen
Public title: Neuroprotection by Magnesium Sulfate Given to Women at Risk of Very Preterm Birth
Scientific title: Effect of Magnesium Sulfate on the Incidence of Periventricular Leukomalacia in the Very Preterm Neonate
Date of first enrolment: July 1997
Target sample size: 700
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00120588
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Stephane MARRET, MD-PhD
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Affiliation:  University
Name:     Jacques Benichou, MD-PhD
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Affiliation:  University hopsital of Rouen
Name:     Stephane Marret, MD-PhD
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Rouen
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- women pregnant with single, twin or triplet very preterm fetuses younger than 33
week's gestational age if birth was expected or planned within 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

- women with vascular disease of pregnancy

- women with severe malformation or chromosomal abnormalities in the fetus

- women with hypotension

- renal insufficiency

- cardiac rhythmic abnormalities

- intake of calcium channel inhibitors

- digitalis or indomethacin less than 24 hours

- persistence of signs of cardiovascular toxicity or tachycardia for more than one hour
after cessation of betamimetic intake

- myasthenia

- emergency C section



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Periventricular Leukomalacia
Brain Ischemia
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Preterm Birth
Intervention(s)
Drug: magnesium
Primary Outcome(s)
death up to discharge of hospital
combined death up to discharge and severe white matter injury
severe white matter injury
Secondary Outcome(s)
follow-up at two years of age
intraventricular/intraparenchymal haemorrhages
side effects of magnesium sulfate in mothers and preterm newborns
topography of cysts
cystic periventricular leukomalacia
white matter injury
Secondary ID(s)
1997/575/HP
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ministry of Health, France
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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