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Erythropoietin concentrations and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants.

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OBJECTIVE:Erythropoietin therapy is effective in decreasing transfusions to varying degrees in preterm infants. Recent animal studies using erythropoietin doses to achieve serum concentrations > 1000 mU/mL report neuroprotective effects. We evaluated the relationship between erythropoietin concentrations and neurodevelopmental outcome in extremely low birth weight infants. METHODS:Preterm infants who weighed < or = 1000 g at birth were randomly assigned to erythropoietin (400 U/kg 3 times per week) or placebo/control. Therapy was initiated by 4 days after birth and continued through the 35th postmenstrual week. All infants received supplemental parenteral and enteral iron. Peak serum erythropoietin concentrations were obtained every 2 weeks. Follow-up evaluation included anthropometric measurements, Bayley scales of mental and psychomotor development, neurologic examination, and determination of overall neurodevelopmental impairment. Data were collected at 18 to 22 months' corrected age by certified examiners who were masked to the treatment group. Analyses were performed to identify correlations between erythropoietin concentrations and outcomes. RESULTS:Sixteen extremely low birth weight infants were enrolled; 1 infant died at 2 weeks (placebo/control), and 15 had erythropoietin concentrations measured (7 erythropoietin, 8 placebo/control). Peak erythropoietin concentrations were significantly different between groups during the study (erythropoietin: 2027 +/- 1464 mU/mL; placebo/control: 26 +/- 11 mU/mL). Before follow-up, 3 infants died (1 erythropoietin, 2 placebo/control), and 12 were available for follow-up (6 erythropoietin, 6 placebo/control). At 18 to 22 months' follow-up, none of the erythropoietin recipients and 2 of the placebo/control infants had Mental Development Index scores < 70. Erythropoietin recipients had Mental Development Index scores of 96 +/- 11, and placebo/control infants had Mental Development Index scores of 78 +/- 7. Psychomotor Development Index scores were similar between groups (87 +/- 13 vs 80 +/- 7). There were no differences between groups with respect to anthropometric measurements. Two of 6 infants in the erythropoietin group and 4 of 6 infants in the placebo/control group had some form of neurodevelopmental impairment. Posthoc analysis showed that infants with erythropoietin concentrations > or = 500 mU/mL had higher Mental Development Index scores than infants with erythropoietin concentrations < 500 mU/mL. CONCLUSIONS:Erythropoietin concentrations did not correlate with Psychomotor Development Index or overall incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment; however, infants with elevated erythropoietin concentrations had higher Mental Development Index scores than those with lower erythropoietin concentrations. Close follow-up of infants who are enrolled in large, multicenter, high-dose erythropoietin studies is required to determine whether a correlation exists between elevated erythropoietin concentrations and improved neurodevelopmental outcome.

journal_name

Pediatrics

journal_title

Pediatrics

authors

Bierer R,Peceny MC,Hartenberger CH,Ohls RK

doi

10.1542/peds.2005-3186

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-09-01 00:00:00

pages

e635-40

issue

eissn

0031-4005

issn

1098-4275

pii

peds.2005-3186

journal_volume

118

pub_type

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Erythropoietin concentrations and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants.