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PRECeDe Trial: Prevention of neonatal Respiratory distress with antenatal corticosteroids prior to Elective Caesarean section in women with Diabetes: a Randomised Controlled Trial

Phase 3
Recruiting
Conditions
diabetes
gestational diabetes
neonatal respiratory distress
transient tachypnoea of newborn
caesarean section
pregnancy
neonatal hypoglycaemia
Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Childbirth and postnatal care
Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Antenatal care
Reproductive Health and Childbirth - Complications of newborn
Registration Number
ACTRN12623000015640
Lead Sponsor
The University of Melbourne
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
2200
Inclusion Criteria

Women with a singleton or twin pregnancy between 35+0 and 39+6 weeks gestation who have pre-gestational diabetes OR gestational diabetes (diagnosed on a pregnancy 75g Oral glucose tolerance test according to the WHO criteria for gestational diabetes OR the ADIPS revised criteria during the COVID pandemic)
AND
plan to give birth by planned caesarean section within the next 7 days.

Exclusion Criteria

Known major fetal anomaly or chromosomal anomaly.
Administration of intramuscular antenatal corticosteroids for the purposes of fetal lung maturation at any stage during the current pregnancy.
Thrombocytopaenia with a platelet count below 80x109 /litre
Hypersensitivity to betamethasone sodium phosphate, betamethasone acetate, or other corticosteroids
received any corticosteroids at any time during the pregnancy
Systemic fungal infection
Contraindication to corticosteroids
Previous participation in the PRECeDe trial (in a previous pregnancy). Note that participation in the PRECeDe pilot Trial is not regarded as an exclusion from participation in the current trial).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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