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Clinical Trial Summary

It will be a randomized controlled trial. There will be two study groups. Study group 1 will be given dexamethasone while study group 2 will be given betamethasone. The control group will be given placebo.


Clinical Trial Description

The study will be a double blind randomised controlled trial. There will be two study groups and one control group.

The first study group will be the pregnant women at risk of late preterm birth that will receive antenatal corticosteroids in the form of intramuscular dexamethasone sodium phosphate.

The second study group will be the pregnant women at risk of late preterm birth that will receive antenatal corticosteroids in the form of intramuscular betamethasone sodium phosphate.

The control group will be pregnant women at risk of late preterm birth that will be given intramuscular water for injection. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Hyaline Membrane Disease
  • Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn

NCT number NCT03446937
Study type Interventional
Source Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date December 1, 2017
Completion date May 31, 2019

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