Repeat Antenatal Steroids Trial
Stopped early · Phase 3 · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Complications, Pregnancy
In brief
A course of steroids given to a mother who is in labor with a premature fetus will reduce the risk of the premature infant dying or having serious complications. This trial will test whether more than one course of antenatal steroids is more beneficial or risky to the infant than a single course.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00015002
- Run by
- The George Washington University Biostatistics Center
- People needed
- 486
- Starts
- 2000-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-03-31
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Pregnant
- Gestational age > 23.0 wks and < 31.6 wks
- Singleton or twin pregnancy
- Intact membranes
- At-risk for spontaneous preterm delivery
- Received full course of corticosteroids within the previous 7 days
You may not qualify if…
- Diagnosis of fetal lung maturity
- Chorioamnionitis
- Non-reassuring fetal testing
- Known major fetal anomaly
- Corticosteroid therapy, other than qualifying course
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- Active preterm labor at the time of randomization
- Delivery intended outside center
- Participation in any intervention study which influences neonatal morbidity or mortality
- Previous participation in this trial
Where it is running
- University of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- University of Miami — Miami, Florida, United States
- Northwestern University-Prentice Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Dept of OB/GYN, Hutzel Hospital — Detroit, Michigan, United States
- Columbia University — New York, New York, United States
- University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
- Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
- University of Cincinnati — Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Case Western Reserve-Metrohealth — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Dept of OB/GYN, Ohio State University — Columbus, Ohio, United States
- MCP Hahnamann — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Dept of OB/GYN, Magee-Womens Hospital — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
- Brown University -Women and Infants Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- University of Tennessee — Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Dept of OB/GYN, Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas — Dallas, Texas, United States
- University of Texas-Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
- University of Texas - San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States
- University of Utah Medical Center — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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