Methylprednisolone in children after open-heart surgery
Treatments studied
Part of Heart & circulation clinical trials.
This trial tests whether giving methylprednisolone (a steroid medicine) can lower the body’s inflammatory response in children during the first day after congenital open-heart surgery. It may help reduce harmful inflammation and improve recovery for some children undergoing their first surgery.
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Who can take part
- Be age 1 month to 18 years old
- Be having congenital open-heart surgery for the first time
- The surgery must use CPB (a heart-lung machine)
- Your surgery is expected to take 6 hours or less on the heart-lung machine
- You are not already on steroid medicines going into surgery
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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