Preoperative Corticosteroid Therapy in Neonates Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Summary

Randomized controlled trial of the use of glucocorticoids to improve the clinical course of neonates post-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Timeline

Start

2007-03

Primary completion

2011-09

Completion

2011-09

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); MP Single Dose vs MP Two Dose; p = 0.35 NCT00934843 ↗

Publications

• Background Hoffman TM, Wernovsky G, Atz AM, Kulik TJ, Nelson DP, Chang AC, Bailey JM, Akbary A, Kocsis JF, Kaczmarek R, Spray TL, Wessel DL. Efficacy and safety of milrinone in preventing low cardiac output syndrome in infants and children after corrective surgery for congenital heart disease. Circulation. 2003 Feb 25;107(7):996-1002. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000051365.81920.28.
• Background Thompson LD, McElhinney DB, Findlay P, Miller-Hance W, Chen MJ, Minami M, Petrossian E, Parry AJ, Reddy VM, Hanley FL. A prospective randomized study comparing volume-standardized modified and conventional ultrafiltration in pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001 Aug;122(2):220-8. doi: 10.1067/mtc.2001.114937.
• Background Turley K, Mavroudis C, Ebert PA. Repair of congenital cardiac lesions during the first week of life. Circulation. 1982 Aug;66(2 Pt 2):I214-9.
• Background Frantz S, Bauersachs J, Kelly RA. Innate immunity and the heart. Curr Pharm Des. 2005;11(10):1279-90. doi: 10.2174/1381612053507512.
• Background Chaney MA. Corticosteroids and cardiopulmonary bypass : a review of clinical investigations. Chest. 2002 Mar;121(3):921-31. doi: 10.1378/chest.121.3.921.
• Background Checchia PA, Bronicki RA, Costello JM, Nelson DP. Steroid use before pediatric cardiac operations using cardiopulmonary bypass: an international survey of 36 centers. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Jul;6(4):441-4. doi: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000163678.20704.C5.
• Background Dickerson HA, Chang AC. Steroids and low cardiac output syndrome after cardiac surgery in children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2005 Jul;6(4):495-6. doi: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000164640.09454.61. No abstract available.
• Background Mann DL. Targeted anticytokine therapy and the failing heart. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jun 6;95(11A):9C-16C; discussion 38C-40C. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.007.
• Background Tuckermann JP, Kleiman A, McPherson KG, Reichardt HM. Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoids in the control of inflammation and lymphocyte apoptosis. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci. 2005;42(1):71-104. doi: 10.1080/10408360590888983.
• Background Checchia PA, Backer CL, Bronicki RA, Baden HP, Crawford SE, Green TP, Mavroudis C. Dexamethasone reduces postoperative troponin levels in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun;31(6):1742-5. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000063443.32874.60.
• Background Schroeder VA, Pearl JM, Schwartz SM, Shanley TP, Manning PB, Nelson DP. Combined steroid treatment for congenital heart surgery improves oxygen delivery and reduces postbypass inflammatory mediator expression. Circulation. 2003 Jun 10;107(22):2823-8. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000070955.55636.25. Epub 2003 May 19.
• Background Varan B, Tokel K, Mercan S, Donmez A, Aslamaci S. Systemic inflammatory response related to cardiopulmonary bypass and its modification by methyl prednisolone: high dose versus low dose. Pediatr Cardiol. 2002 Jul-Aug;23(4):437-41. doi: 10.1007/s00246-002-0118-3.
• Background Mott AR, Fraser CD Jr, Kusnoor AV, Giesecke NM, Reul GJ Jr, Drescher KL, Watrin CH, Smith EO, Feltes TF. The effect of short-term prophylactic methylprednisolone on the incidence and severity of postpericardiotomy syndrome in children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 May;37(6):1700-6. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01223-2.
• Background Bronicki RA, Backer CL, Baden HP, Mavroudis C, Crawford SE, Green TP. Dexamethasone reduces the inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass in children. Ann Thorac Surg. 2000 May;69(5):1490-5. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01082-1.
• Background Lindberg L, Forsell C, Jogi P, Olsson AK. Effects of dexamethasone on clinical course, C-reactive protein, S100B protein and von Willebrand factor antigen after paediatric cardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2003 Jun;90(6):728-32. doi: 10.1093/bja/aeg125.
• Background Ungerleider R. Practice patterns in neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu. 2004;7:172-9. doi: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2004.02.022.
• Background Parr GV, Blackstone EH, Kirklin JW. Cardiac performance and mortality early after intracardiac surgery in infants and young children. Circulation. 1975 May;51(5):867-74. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.51.5.867.
• Background Wernovsky G, Wypij D, Jonas RA, Mayer JE Jr, Hanley FL, Hickey PR, Walsh AZ, Chang AC, Castaneda AR, Newburger JW, Wessel DL. Postoperative course and hemodynamic profile after the arterial switch operation in neonates and infants. A comparison of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass and circulatory arrest. Circulation. 1995 Oct 15;92(8):2226-35. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.92.8.2226.
• Background Friedman WF. Congenital heart disease in infancy and childhood. Heart Disease - A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA. W.B. Saunders Co.; 1992. p. 894.
• Background Greeley WJ, Kern FH, Ungerleider RM, Boyd JL 3rd, Quill T, Smith LR, Baldwin B, Reves JG. The effect of hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass and total circulatory arrest on cerebral metabolism in neonates, infants, and children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1991 May;101(5):783-94.
• Background Kulik TJ, Moler FW, Palmisano JM, Custer JR, Mosca RS, Bove EL, Bartlett RH. Outcome-associated factors in pediatric patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenator after cardiac surgery. Circulation. 1996 Nov 1;94(9 Suppl):II63-8.
• Schroeder LW, Buckley JR, Stroud RE, Martin RH, Nadeau EK, Barrs R, Graham EM. Plasma Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin Is Associated With Acute Kidney Injury and Clinical Outcomes in Neonates Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct;20(10):957-962. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002035.
• Graham EM, Atz AM, McHugh KE, Butts RJ, Baker NL, Stroud RE, Reeves ST, Bradley SM, McGowan FX Jr, Spinale FG. Preoperative steroid treatment does not improve markers of inflammation after cardiac surgery in neonates: results from a randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Mar;147(3):902-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.010. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
• Butts RJ, Scheurer MA, Zyblewski SC, Wahlquist AE, Nietert PJ, Bradley SM, Atz AM, Graham EM. A composite outcome for neonatal cardiac surgery research. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan;147(1):428-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.013. Epub 2013 Apr 12.

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