Indomethacin Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage/Intraventricular Hemorrhage (GMH/IVH) Prevention Trial

Summary

The purpose of this multicenter trial is to determine if indomethacin prevents bleeding in the brain of very low birth weight preterm infants.

Timeline

Start

1989-09

Primary completion

2012-03

Completion

2012-03

Publications

• Background Ment LR, Oh W, Ehrenkranz RA, Philip AG, Vohr B, Allan W, Duncan CC, Scott DT, Taylor KJ, Katz KH, et al. Low-dose indomethacin and prevention of intraventricular hemorrhage: a multicenter randomized trial. Pediatrics. 1994 Apr;93(4):543-50.
• Background Ment LR, Oh W, Ehrenkranz RA, Phillip AG, Vohr B, Allan W, Makuch RW, Taylor KJ, Schneider KC, Katz KH, et al. Low-dose indomethacin therapy and extension of intraventricular hemorrhage: a multicenter randomized trial. J Pediatr. 1994 Jun;124(6):951-5. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83191-9.
• Background Ment LR, Vohr B, Oh W, Scott DT, Allan WC, Westerveld M, Duncan CC, Ehrenkranz RA, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Makuch RW. Neurodevelopmental outcome at 36 months' corrected age of preterm infants in the Multicenter Indomethacin Intraventricular Hemorrhage Prevention Trial. Pediatrics. 1996 Oct;98(4 Pt 1):714-8.
• Background Ment LR, Westerveld M, Makuch R, Vohr B, Allan WC. Cognitive outcome at 4 1/2 years of very low birth weight infants enrolled in the multicenter indomethacin intraventricular hemorrhage prevention trial. Pediatrics. 1998 Jul;102(1 Pt 1):159-60. doi: 10.1542/peds.102.1.159. No abstract available.
• Background Ment LR, Vohr B, Allan W, Westerveld M, Sparrow SS, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Duncan CC, Makuch RW. Outcome of children in the indomethacin intraventricular hemorrhage prevention trial. Pediatrics. 2000 Mar;105(3 Pt 1):485-91. doi: 10.1542/peds.105.3.485.
• Background Peterson BS, Vohr B, Staib LH, Cannistraci CJ, Dolberg A, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Westerveld M, Sparrow S, Anderson AW, Duncan CC, Makuch RW, Gore JC, Ment LR. Regional brain volume abnormalities and long-term cognitive outcome in preterm infants. JAMA. 2000 Oct 18;284(15):1939-47. doi: 10.1001/jama.284.15.1939.
• Background Ment LR, Vohr B, Allan W, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Westerveld M, Duncan CC, Makuch RW. Change in cognitive function over time in very low-birth-weight infants. JAMA. 2003 Feb 12;289(6):705-11. doi: 10.1001/jama.289.6.705.
• Background Ment LR, Peterson BS, Meltzer JA, Vohr B, Allan W, Katz KH, Lacadie C, Schneider KC, Duncan CC, Makuch RW, Constable RT. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of the long-term influences of early indomethacin exposure on language processing in the brains of prematurely born children. Pediatrics. 2006 Sep;118(3):961-70. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-2870.
• Background Ment LR, Kesler S, Vohr B, Katz KH, Baumgartner H, Schneider KC, Delancy S, Silbereis J, Duncan CC, Constable RT, Makuch RW, Reiss AL. Longitudinal brain volume changes in preterm and term control subjects during late childhood and adolescence. Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):503-11. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-0025.
• Background Gozzo Y, Vohr B, Lacadie C, Hampson M, Katz KH, Maller-Kesselman J, Schneider KC, Peterson BS, Rajeevan N, Makuch RW, Constable RT, Ment LR. Alterations in neural connectivity in preterm children at school age. Neuroimage. 2009 Nov 1;48(2):458-63. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.06.046. Epub 2009 Jun 25.
• Background Luu TM, Vohr BR, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Tucker R, Allan WC, Ment LR. Trajectories of receptive language development from 3 to 12 years of age for very preterm children. Pediatrics. 2009 Jul;124(1):333-41. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-2587.
• Background Myers EH, Hampson M, Vohr B, Lacadie C, Frost SJ, Pugh KR, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Makuch RW, Constable RT, Ment LR. Functional connectivity to a right hemisphere language center in prematurely born adolescents. Neuroimage. 2010 Jul 15;51(4):1445-52. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.049. Epub 2010 Mar 25.
• Background Mullen KM, Vohr BR, Katz KH, Schneider KC, Lacadie C, Hampson M, Makuch RW, Reiss AL, Constable RT, Ment LR. Preterm birth results in alterations in neural connectivity at age 16 years. Neuroimage. 2011 Feb 14;54(4):2563-70. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.019. Epub 2010 Nov 10.
• Background Luu TM, Vohr BR, Allan W, Schneider KC, Ment LR. Evidence for catch-up in cognition and receptive vocabulary among adolescents born very preterm. Pediatrics. 2011 Aug;128(2):313-22. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-2655. Epub 2011 Jul 18.
• Background Constable RT, Vohr BR, Scheinost D, Benjamin JR, Fulbright RK, Lacadie C, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Zhang H, Papademetris X, Ment LR. A left cerebellar pathway mediates language in prematurely-born young adults. Neuroimage. 2013 Jan 1;64:371-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.09.008. Epub 2012 Sep 12.
• Background Reiss AL, Kesler SR, Vohr B, Duncan CC, Katz KH, Pajot S, Schneider KC, Makuch RW, Ment LR. Sex differences in cerebral volumes of 8-year-olds born preterm. J Pediatr. 2004 Aug;145(2):242-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.04.031.

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