Halbmeijer NM, Onland W, Cools F, Swarte R, van der Heide-Jalving M, Merkus MP, van Kaam AH; STOP-BPD Trial Collaborators. Effect of Systemic Hydrocortisone Initiated 7 to 14 Days After Birth in Ventilated Preterm Infants on Mortality and Neurodevelopment at 2 Years’ Corrected Age: Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 Jul 27;326(4):355-357.
This follow-up to the STOP-BPD randomized clinical trial, which investigated the efficacy and safety of systemic hydrocortisone treatment initiated 7 to 14 days after birth in ventilator-dependent, very preterm infants in the Netherlands and Belgium at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age, examines the prespecified composite of death and neurodevelopmental impairment among these infants at 2 years’ corrected age.