Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2017
Impact of Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents on Behavioral Measures in Children Born Preterm.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Randomized, Masked, Placebo Controlled Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Darbepoetin Alfa Administered to Preterm Infants
Brain Imaging and Developmental Follow up of Infants Treated With Erythropoietin
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in preterm or low-birthweight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Early erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in preterm or low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical Outcomes Related to the Gastrointestinal Trophic Effects of Erythropoietin in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2018Pooled it
- Early erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in preterm or low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Effect of Early High-Dose Recombinant Human Erythropoietin on Behavior and Quality of Life in Children Aged 5 Years Born Very Preterm: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Erythropoietin as a Neuroprotective Drug for Newborn Infants: Ten Years after the First Use.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Whether Erythropoietin can be a Neuroprotective Agent against Premature Brain Injury: Cellular Mechanisms and Clinical Efficacy.Current neuropharmacology · 2022Review
- Assessment of educational performance of nurses in neonatal intensive care unit from parents' perspective.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Neonatal erythropoietin mitigates impaired gait, social interaction and diffusion tensor imaging abnormalities in a rat model of prenatal brain injury.Experimental neurology · 2018Article
- The long-term effect of erythropoiesis stimulating agents given to preterm infants: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study on neurometabolites in early childhood.Pediatric radiology · 2018Article
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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the impact of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) administered during initial hospitalization and family demographic factors on behavior at 3.5-4 years of age. STUDY
designChildren were enrolled who had previously participated in a randomized study of ESAs (n = 35) or placebo (n = 14) in infants born preterm with birth weights of 500-1250 g. A term healthy control group (n = 22) also was recruited. Behavior was evaluated by parent report with the Behavioral Assessment System of Children-2. Principal component analyses identified 2 demographic factors, a Socioeconomic Composite (SEC) and a Family Stress Composite. A multivariate general linear model evaluated the impact of study group and sex on the 4 composite scales of the Behavioral Assessment System of Children-2. Demographic factors were treated as covariates and interactions with study group (ESA, placebo, and term) were examined.
resultsThe ESA group had significantly better scores than the placebo group on behavioral symptoms (P = .04) and externalizing scales (P = .04). An interaction was observed between study group and SEC (P = .001). A beneficial effect of ESAs was maximal in the children with lower SEC scores.
conclusionsThe beneficial effects of ESAs on childhood behavior were maximal in children with lower SEC scores. ESAs seemed to ameliorate the adverse impact of lower SEC on behavioral domains seen in the placebo group. This effect was independent of the beneficial effect of ESAs on global cognition we reported previously.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01207778 and NCT00334737.
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