Caesarean and Corticotherapy

NCT ID: NCT00446953

Last Updated: 2025-12-22

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

200 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-02-28

Study Completion Date

2013-11-30

Brief Summary

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Comparison of two randomized group :

* caesarean section planned at 38 weeks after 2 antenatal injections of 12 mg of betamethasone 48 h before.
* caesarean section planned at 39 weeks without corticosteroid.

The aim is to demonstrate that programming caesarean section at 38 weeks of pregnancy, after antenatal corticosteroid, allows to avoid caesarean section in emergency (because of a labour before 39 weeks), without increasing the neonatal respiratory distress rate.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Neonatal Distress

Keywords

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Caesarean section Corticosteroids Betamethasone Neonatal distress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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1

2x 12 mg betamethazone

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

betamethasone

Intervention Type DRUG

2x12 mg betamethazone c-section at 38 weeks

2

no drugs

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

c-section at 39 weeks

Interventions

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betamethasone

2x12 mg betamethazone c-section at 38 weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo

c-section at 39 weeks

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* woman who needs elective caesarean section

Exclusion Criteria

* multiple pregnancy
* toxaemia
* rhesus immunization
* fetal infection
* maternal gastro-duodenal ulcer
* mother HIV+
* prior injection of corticosteroid during the pregnancy
Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bruno Langer, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Les Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

Locations

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Le Parc Centre pour la Mère et l'Enfant

Colmar, , France

Site Status

Centre Hospitalier de Haguenau

Haguenau, , France

Site Status

Hôpital de Hasenrain

Mulhouse, , France

Site Status

Cmco-Sihcus

Schiltigheim, , France

Site Status

Hôpital de Hautepierre

Strasbourg, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Sananes N, Koch A, Escande B, Aissi G, Fritz G, Roth E, Weil M, Bakri A, Bolender C, Meyer N, Vayssiere C, Gaudineau A, Nisand I, Favre R, Kuhn P, Langer B. Pilot randomised controlled trial comparing the risk of neonatal respiratory distress in elective caesarean section at 38 weeks' gestation following a course of corticosteroids versus caesarean at 39 weeks. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017 May;212:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.03.020. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28342389 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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3740

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id