Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2023
Safety of High Dose Erythropoietin Used with Therapeutic Hypothermia as Treatment for Newborn Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: Secondary Analysis of the HEAL Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02811263 (High-dose Erythropoietin for Asphyxia and Encephalopathy), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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High-dose Erythropoietin for Asphyxia and Encephalopathy
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose Erythropoietin Combined with Hypothermia Therapy in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Molecular biotechnology · 2026Pooled it
- Early and extended erythropoietin monotherapy after hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a multicentre double-blind pilot randomised controlled trial.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2024Trial
- Multi-modal screening for synergistic neuroprotection of mild extremely preterm brain injury.Bioengineering & translational medicine · 2026Article
- Therapeutic timing limitations of postnatal darbepoetin in a valproic acid rat model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.PloS one · 2025Article
- Therapeutic hypothermia for neonates: a bibliometric analysis and visualization research.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Postoperative sepsis-associated neurocognitive disorder: mechanisms, predictive strategies, and treatment approaches.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Leflunomide Treatment Does Not Protect Neural Cells following Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation (OGD) In Vitro.Cells · 2024Article
- Immune-Neurovascular Interactions in Experimental Perinatal and Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke.Stroke · 2024Review
- Emerging therapeutic strategies in hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a focus on cognitive outcomes.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- A narrative review on treatment strategies for neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.Translational pediatrics · 2023Review
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether high dose erythropoietin (Epo) treatment of cooled infants with neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy results in a higher risk of prespecified serious adverse events (SAEs). STUDY
designFive hundred infants born at ≥36 weeks of gestation with moderate or severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy undergoing therapeutic hypothermia were randomized to Epo or placebo on days 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7. Pretreatment and posttreatment SAEs were compared with adjusted generalized linear models, with posttreatment models adjusted for the presence of a pretreatment SAE. Clinical risk factors and potential mechanisms for SAEs were also examined.
resultsThe rate of experiencing at least one posttreatment SAE did not significantly differ between groups (adjusted relative risk [aRR], 95% CI: 1.17, 0.92-1.49); however, posttreatment thrombosis was identified more often in the Epo group (n = 6, 2.3%) than the placebo group (n = 1, 0.4%; aRR, 95% CI: 5.09, 1.32-19.64). The rate of posttreatment intracranial hemorrhage identified at the treatment sites by either ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging was slightly elevated in the Epo group (n = 61, 24%) but not significantly different from the placebo group (n = 46, 19%; aRR, 95% CI: 1.21, 0.85, 1.72).
conclusionsA small increased risk of major thrombotic events was identified in the Epo treatment group.
trial registrationNCT02811263.
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