CompletedNot Applicable

EEG Alterations in Preterm Infants With Thyroid Dysfunction

Belgium87 participantsStarted 2011-10

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to investigate differences in electroencephalography (EEG) evolution between preterm infants with and without transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity (THOP) in order to find differences in the interburst interval and the background pattern and in the maturation of the sleep-wake cycle.

Who can participate

Age range24 Weeks – 27 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * gestational age \< 28 weeks * serial EEG recordings available * thyroid function test on the first day of life and at the end of the first week of life available Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of congenital abnormalities

What they're measuring

Differences in EEG measures in preterm infants with thyroid dysfunction

Timeframe: November 2011 - November 2017

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03493113

SponsorUniversitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-10

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