In Utero Repair of Myelomeningocele: Atosiban Versus Terbutaline

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04468568

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : July 13, 2020

Last Update Posted : June 6, 2022

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Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Hermann dos Santos Fernandes, University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	January 31, 2020
Actual Study Completion Date :	April 1, 2022

Publications of Results:

Ferschl M, Ball R, Lee H, Rollins MD. Anesthesia for in utero repair of myelomeningocele. Anesthesiology. 2013 May;118(5):1211-23. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31828ea597.

Boulet SL, Yang Q, Mai C, Kirby RS, Collins JS, Robbins JM, Meyer R, Canfield MA, Mulinare J; National Birth Defects Prevention Network. Trends in the postfortification prevalence of spina bifida and anencephaly in the United States. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Jul;82(7):527-32. doi: 10.1002/bdra.20468.

Fichter MA, Dornseifer U, Henke J, Schneider KT, Kovacs L, Biemer E, Bruner J, Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Papadopulos NA. Fetal spina bifida repair--current trends and prospects of intrauterine neurosurgery. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2008;23(4):271-86. doi: 10.1159/000123614. Epub 2008 Apr 14.

Adzick NS, Thom EA, Spong CY, Brock JW 3rd, Burrows PK, Johnson MP, Howell LJ, Farrell JA, Dabrowiak ME, Sutton LN, Gupta N, Tulipan NB, D'Alton ME, Farmer DL; MOMS Investigators. A randomized trial of prenatal versus postnatal repair of myelomeningocele. N Engl J Med. 2011 Mar 17;364(11):993-1004. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1014379. Epub 2011 Feb 9.

Fisk NM, Gitau R, Teixeira JM, Giannakoulopoulos X, Cameron AD, Glover VA. Effect of direct fetal opioid analgesia on fetal hormonal and hemodynamic stress response to intrauterine needling. Anesthesiology. 2001 Oct;95(4):828-35. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200110000-00008.

Cauldwell CB. Anesthesia for fetal surgery. Anesthesiol Clin North Am. 2002 Mar;20(1):211-26. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8537(03)00062-2.

Devoto JC, Alcalde JL, Otayza F, Sepulveda W. Anesthesia for myelomeningocele surgery in fetus. Childs Nerv Syst. 2017 Jul;33(7):1169-1175. doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3437-7. Epub 2017 May 25.

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