98
Participants
Start Date
July 31, 2015
Primary Completion Date
August 31, 2018
Study Completion Date
August 31, 2018
Propranolol 0.2% eye drops
Enrolled preterm newborns will receive propranolol as ophthalmic solution (0.2%): 3 microdrops of 6 microliters (μL) propranolol solution (= 6 μg propranolol/microdrop) will be topically applied with a calibrated pipette, in each eye, four times daily (every 6 hours). Propranolol treatment will be always associated to the conventional approach adopted by the Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Study (ETROP) Cooperative Group.
Institute of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, University of Milan, Milan
Piermarocchi Stefano, Padua
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, A. Meyer University Childrens' Hospital, Florence
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Monza
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Varese
Meyer Children's Hospital IRCCS
OTHER