Oxidative Stress in Women Treated With Atosiban for Impending Preterm Birth

Summary

Oxidative stress is recognized as a important factor in the pathogenesis premature birth. Preterm birth is defined as delivery before 37 completed weeks of gestation and it is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. The investigators conducted this analysis to investigate the safety of administration of Atosiban - a reversible, competitive antagonist of the oxytocin receptor in the treatment of preterm labor and its impact on the level of oxidative stress after 48 hours of tocolytic treatment.

Timeline

Start

2014-02-01

Primary completion

2018-06-10

Completion

2018-12-30

Publications

• Grzesiak M, Gaj Z, Kocylowski R, Suliburska J, Oszukowski P, Horzelski W, von Kaisenberg C, Banach M. Oxidative Stress in Women Treated with Atosiban for Impending Preterm Birth. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2018 Dec 2;2018:3919106. doi: 10.1155/2018/3919106. eCollection 2018.

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Indications

No indication recorded.