Status:

COMPLETED

Multiple Courses of Antenatal Corticosteroids for Preterm Birth Study (MACS)

Lead Sponsor:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Conditions:

Pregnancies at Increased Risk of Preterm Birth

Eligibility:

FEMALE

14-45 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

In women at 26 to 30 weeks gestation and who are risk for threatened early birth, who have not had their baby by 14 or more days after being given a single course of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS), d...

Detailed Description

In women at 26 to 30 weeks gestation, who are at increased risk for preterm birth and remain undelivered 14 or more days following a single course of antenatal corticosteroids (ACS), are multiple cour...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Women who have previously received one completed course of ACS, at least 14 days ago and continue to be at increased risk of preterm birth
  • Gestational age greater ≥ 26 weeks and gestational age \< 31 weeks

Exclusion

  • Women requiring chronic doses of corticosteroids secondary to medical conditions
  • Women with a contraindication to corticosteroids
  • Women with clinical evidence of chorioamnionitis (temperature ≥ 38°c)
  • Known lethal congenital anomaly (e.g. anencephaly)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

1858 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00187382

Start Date

April 1 2001

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

June 15 2010

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Data Coordinating Centre, CMICR 790 Bay Street, 7th Floor

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1N8