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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| T4VLBWI |
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| Tokyo Metropolitan Bokuto Hospital | UNKNOWN |
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In order to determine the efficacy and safety of thyroxine replacement, a randomized clinical trial of thyroxine supplementation for VLBW infant with hypothyroxinemia during the first month of age is conducted.
A prospective randomized unmasked controlled trial is conducted. Newborn infants with birth weight less than 1500g are randomized into thyroxine treatment or un-treatment group.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 2 | No Intervention | No replacement therapy |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| thyroxine | Drug | thyroxine at the dose of 5 μg/kg-wt /day |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Psychomotor development at 1.5 years of age | 18 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Psychomotor development at 3 years of age | 6 years | |
| Somatic growth at 3 years of age | 6 years | |
| Duration of hospital stay |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Satoshi Kusuda, MD | Tokyo Women's Medical Unversity | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Maternal and Perinatal Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University | Tokyo | Tokyo | 162-8666 | Japan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D013974 | Thyroxine |
| ID | Term |
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| D013963 | Thyroid Hormones |
| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
| D024322 | Amino Acids, Aromatic |
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| 6 years |
| Frequency of morbidities during the stay in NICu | 6 years |
| D000598 | Amino Acids, Cyclic |
| D000596 | Amino Acids |
| D000602 | Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins |