Dexamethasone for Preterm Labour

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The investigators sought to determine whether the incidence of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in preterm fetuses is similar with 12- vs 24-hour dosing interval of dexamethasone.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University
• Treatments: BB 1101; Dexamethasone; Dexamethasone 21-phosphate; Dexamethasone acetate; Glucocorticoids

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patient with threatened or established preterm labor between 28 - 34 weeks attended to our emergency unit

Exclusion Criteria:

• emergent obstetric conditions like:

• Antepartum hemorrhage in severe attack

• Antepartum eclampsia