NCT01206946 2010.

Study name	Effect of antenatal steroids for women at risk of late preterm delivery on neonatal respiratory morbidity
Methods	Randomised parallel assignment Setting: various hospitals in Lebanon Blinding: participants, care provider, outcome assessor and investigator
Participants	Estimated recruitment: 700 participants Inclusion criteria: women between 34 0/7‐ 36 6/7 weeks of gestation, at high risk of preterm birth Exclusion criteria Multiple births Fetal congenital malformations A course of steroids within 2 weeks of randomisation Multiple courses of steroids Chorioamnionitis Non reassuring fetal heart rate Obstetrical indication of delivery Active bleeding Pregnancy related hypertensive disorders Uncontrolled diabetes
Interventions	Group 1: betamethasone: a single course of betamethasone (two doses of 12 mg/dose given at 24‐hourly intervals) Group 2: saline: two doses of 2 mL of normal saline given at 24‐hourly intervals
Outcomes	Primary outcome Respiratory Distress Syndrome during first three days of life Secondary outcomes Admission to NICU (Time Frame: first three days of life) Hospital stay (Time Frame: neonatal period (28 days of life) Days on oxygen (Time Frame: neonatal period (28 days of life) Intubations (Time Frame: first three days of life) Surfactant treatment (Time Frame: first three days of life) Pneumothorax (Time Frame: first three days of life)] Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) (Time Frame: first three days of life) Days on ventilation (Time Frame: neonatal period (28 days of life)) Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) (Time Frame: neonatal period (28 days of life)) Clinical sepsis(Time Frame: neonatal period (28 days of life)) Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) (Time Frame: first week after birth)
Starting date	Study start date: September 2010 Estimated completion date: September 2013 Last update was June 2011 (Status: recruiting)
Contact information	Principal Investigator: Khalid Yunis, MD American University of Beirut Medical Center
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