Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00182312

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : September 16, 2005

Last Update Posted : March 22, 2018

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Sponsor:

Collaborators:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

McMaster University

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	March 2007
Actual Study Completion Date :	July 2016

Publications of Results:

Schmidt B, Roberts RS, Davis P, Doyle LW, Barrington KJ, Ohlsson A, Solimano A, Tin W; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity Trial Group. Caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity. N Engl J Med. 2006 May 18;354(20):2112-21. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa054065.

Schmidt B, Roberts RS, Davis P, Doyle LW, Barrington KJ, Ohlsson A, Solimano A, Tin W; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity Trial Group. Long-term effects of caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity. N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 8;357(19):1893-902. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa073679.

Davis PG, Schmidt B, Roberts RS, Doyle LW, Asztalos E, Haslam R, Sinha S, Tin W; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity Trial Group. Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity trial: benefits may vary in subgroups. J Pediatr. 2010 Mar;156(3):382-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.09.069. Epub 2009 Nov 18.

Schmidt B, Anderson PJ, Doyle LW, Dewey D, Grunau RE, Asztalos EV, Davis PG, Tin W, Moddemann D, Solimano A, Ohlsson A, Barrington KJ, Roberts RS; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) Trial Investigators. Survival without disability to age 5 years after neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity. JAMA. 2012 Jan 18;307(3):275-82. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.2024.

Dukhovny D, Lorch SA, Schmidt B, Doyle LW, Kok JH, Roberts RS, Kamholz KL, Wang N, Mao W, Zupancic JA; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity Trial Group. Economic evaluation of caffeine for apnea of prematurity. Pediatrics. 2011 Jan;127(1):e146-55. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1014. Epub 2010 Dec 20.

Schmidt B, Davis PG, Asztalos EV, Solimano A, Roberts RS. Association between severe retinopathy of prematurity and nonvisual disabilities at age 5 years. JAMA. 2014 Feb 5;311(5):523-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.282153. No abstract available.

Doyle LW, Schmidt B, Anderson PJ, Davis PG, Moddemann D, Grunau RE, O'Brien K, Sankaran K, Herlenius E, Roberts R; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity Trial investigators. Reduction in developmental coordination disorder with neonatal caffeine therapy. J Pediatr. 2014 Aug;165(2):356-359.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.04.016. Epub 2014 May 17.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Doyle LW, Ranganathan S, Cheong JLY. Neonatal Caffeine Treatment and Respiratory Function at 11 Years in Children under 1,251 g at Birth. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Nov 15;196(10):1318-1324. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201704-0767OC.

Schmidt B, Roberts RS, Anderson PJ, Asztalos EV, Costantini L, Davis PG, Dewey D, D'Ilario J, Doyle LW, Grunau RE, Moddemann D, Nelson H, Ohlsson A, Solimano A, Tin W; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) Trial Group. Academic Performance, Motor Function, and Behavior 11 Years After Neonatal Caffeine Citrate Therapy for Apnea of Prematurity: An 11-Year Follow-up of the CAP Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Jun 1;171(6):564-572. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.0238.

Synnes A, Anderson PJ, Grunau RE, Dewey D, Moddemann D, Tin W, Davis PG, Doyle LW, Foster G, Khairy M, Nwaesei C, Schmidt B; CAP Trial Investigator group. Predicting severe motor impairment in preterm children at age 5 years. Arch Dis Child. 2015 Aug;100(8):748-53. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307695. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Manley BJ, Roberts RS, Doyle LW, Schmidt B, Anderson PJ, Barrington KJ, Bohm B, Golan A, van Wassenaer-Leemhuis AG, Davis PG; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity (CAP) Trial Investigators; Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity CAP Trial Investigators. Social variables predict gains in cognitive scores across the preschool years in children with birth weights 500 to 1250 grams. J Pediatr. 2015 Apr;166(4):870-6.e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.12.016. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

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