Inhaled corticosteroids in ventilated preterm neonates: a non-randomized dose-ranging study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) offer targeted treatment for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) with minimal systemic effects compared to systemic steroids. However, dosing of ICS in the management of infants at high-risk of developing BPD is not well established. The objective of this study was to determine an effective dose of ICS for the treatment of ventilator-dependent infants to facilitate extubation or reduce fractional inspired oxygen concentration. METHODS:Forty-one infants born at ?75% from baseline) in ?60% of infants in the group. Oxygen requirements, complications and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes were also assessed. RESULTS:The median age at enrollment was 22 (10-28) postnatal days. The primary outcome, therapeutic efficacy as defined above, was not achieved in any group. However, there was a significant reduction in post-treatment FiO2 at a dose of 800 ?g bid. No obvious trends were seen in long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. CONCLUSIONS:Therapeutic efficacy was not achieved with all studied doses of ICS. A significant reduction in oxygen requirements was noted in ventilator-dependent preterm infants at 10-28 days of age when given 800 ?g of HFA-BDP bid. Larger randomized trials of ICS are required to determine efficacy for the management of infants at high-risk for development of BPD. TRIAL REGISTRATION:This clinical trial was registered retrospectively on clinicaltrials.gov. The registration number is NCT03503994 .

SUBMITTER: Raghuram K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5938808 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature