Pulse Steroids Versus Oral Steroids in Problematic Hemangiomas of Infancy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if pulse steroids are more efficacious and safer than the standard treatment with oral corticosteroids.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children
• Collaborator: Society for Pediatric Dermatology
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• problematic facial hemangiomas (periorbital/facial hemangiomas with potential visual obstruction, large/dysfiguring hemangiomas)

• 1-4 months of age

• signed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• refusal to participate

• age > 4 months

• complicated nonvisible hemangiomas

• congenital heart disease