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Respiratory benefit in preterm lambs is progressively lost when the concentration of fetal plasma betamethasone is titrated below two nanograms per milliliter.
American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2023 September 13
Background : Antenatal steroid therapy is standard of care for women at imminent risk of preterm delivery. Current dosing regimens employ supra-pharmacological doses to achieve extended fetal steroid exposures. Objective : We aimed to determine the lowest fetal plasma betamethasone concentration sufficient to achieve functional preterm lung maturation. Study design : Ewes with singles fetuses underwent surgery to install a fetal jugular catheter. Adopting a step-wise design, ewes were randomised to either a saline-only group (Negative Control Group; n=9), or one of four betamethasone-treatment groups. Each betamethasone group fetus received a fetal intravenous infusion to target a constant plasma betamethasone levels of either: i) 2 ng/ml (2 ng/ml Positive Control Group, n=9); ii) 1 ng/ml, (1 ng/ml Group, n=10); iii) 0.5 ng/ml (0.5 ng/ml Group, n=10); or iv) 0.25 ng/ml Group (0.25 ng/ml Group, n=10). Fetuses were infused for 48 hours, delivered and ventilated. The Positive Control Group, Negative Control Group and mid-point 0.5 ng/ml Group animals were tested first. An interim analysis informed the final betamethasone group tested. Results: Positive Control Group animals had large, statistically significant improvements in respiratory function. Based on an interim analysis, the 1.0 ng/ml Group was studied in favour of the 0.25 ng/ml Group. Treatment efficacy was progressively lost at plasma betamethasone concentrations lower than 2 ng/ml. Conclusion : We demonstrated that the acute respiratory benefit conveyed by antenatal steroid exposure in the fetal sheep is progressively lost when constant fetal plasma betamethasone concentrations are reduced below a targeted value of 2 ng/ml.
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