Beneficial Effects of Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate (BEAM Trial)
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Official title
Randomized Clinical Trial of the Beneficial Effects of Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate (BEAM)
Brief summary
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As many more premature infants survive, the numbers of these infants with health problems increases. The rate of cerebral palsy (CP) in extremely premature infants is approximately 20%. Magnesium sulfate, the most commonly used drug in the US to stop premature labor, may prevent CP. This trial tests whether magnesium sulfate given to a woman in labor with a premature fetus (24 to 31 weeks out of 40) will reduce the rate of death or moderate to severe CP in the children at 2 years. The children receive ultrasounds of their brains as infants and attend three follow-up visits over two years to assess their health and development.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00014989
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 2,136 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Nov 30, 1997
- Primary completion
- Jan 31, 2007
- Completion
- May 31, 2007
- Last update posted
- Jul 11, 2019
1997 – 2007
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 17
- U.S. states
- 11
- U.S. cities
- 17
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama | Birmingham | Alabama | 35233 | — |
| Dept of OB/GYN, University of Miami | Miami | Florida | 33136 | — |
| Northwestern University | Chicago | Illinois | 60611 | — |
| Dept of OB/GYN, Hutzel Hospital | Detroit | Michigan | 48201 | — |
| St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital | New York | New York | 10019 | — |
| University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27599 | — |
| Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27103 | — |
| The University Hospital, University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45267-0794 | — |
| Case Western University | Cleveland | Ohio | 44109 | — |
| Dept of OB/GYN, Ohio State University | Columbus | Ohio | 43210 | — |
| MCP Hahnemann University | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19102 | — |
| Dept of OB/GYN Magee Womens Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Women and Infants Hospital | Providence | Rhode Island | 02905-2499 | — |
| Dept of OB/GYN, Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas | Dallas | Texas | 75235-9032 | — |
| University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston | Galveston | Texas | 77555 | — |
| University of Texas - Houston | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| University of Utah Medical Center | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
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- Last update posted Jul 11, 2019 · Synced Sep 5, 2026
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