Lex W Doyle1, Barbara Schmidt2, Peter J Anderson3, Peter G Davis1, Diane Moddemann4, Ruth E Grunau5, Karel O'Brien6, Koravangattu Sankaran7, Eric Herlenius8, Robin Roberts9. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Melbourne and The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 2. Division of Neonatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. 3. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 4. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. 5. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 6. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 7. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. 8. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 9. Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of neonatal caffeine treatment on rates of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). STUDY DESIGN: Children in the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity trial were assessed for motor performance (Movement Assessment Battery for Children [MABC]), clinical signs of cerebral palsy, and Full-Scale IQ at 5 years of age by staff who were unaware of the children's treatment group. DCD was defined as MABC<5th percentile in children with a Full-Scale IQ>69 who did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. RESULTS: There were 1433 children with known MABC corrected-age percentile as well as known Full-Scale IQ at 5 years and cerebral palsy status, of whom 735 had been randomly assigned tocaffeine and 698 to placebo therapy. The rate of DCD was lower in those treated with caffeine (11.3%) than in the placebo group (15.2%) (OR adjusted for center and baseline covariates, 0.71, 95% CI, 0.52-0.97; P=.032). CONCLUSIONS:Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity reduces the rate of DCD at 5 years of age. As more children have DCD than have cerebral palsy, this is an important additional benefit from neonatal caffeine treatment.
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of neonatal caffeine treatment on rates of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). STUDY DESIGN:Children in the Caffeine for Apnea of Prematurity trial were assessed for motor performance (Movement Assessment Battery for Children [MABC]), clinical signs of cerebral palsy, and Full-Scale IQ at 5 years of age by staff who were unaware of the children's treatment group. DCD was defined as MABC<5th percentile in children with a Full-Scale IQ>69 who did not have a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. RESULTS: There were 1433 children with known MABC corrected-age percentile as well as known Full-Scale IQ at 5 years and cerebral palsy status, of whom 735 had been randomly assigned to caffeine and 698 to placebo therapy. The rate of DCD was lower in those treated with caffeine (11.3%) than in the placebo group (15.2%) (OR adjusted for center and baseline covariates, 0.71, 95% CI, 0.52-0.97; P=.032). CONCLUSIONS: Neonatal caffeine therapy for apnea of prematurity reduces the rate of DCD at 5 years of age. As more children have DCD than have cerebral palsy, this is an important additional benefit from neonatal caffeine treatment.
Authors: Carole L Marcus; Lisa J Meltzer; Robin S Roberts; Joel Traylor; Joanne Dix; Judy D'ilario; Elizabeth Asztalos; Gillian Opie; Lex W Doyle; Sarah N Biggs; Gillian M Nixon; Indra Narang; Rakesh Bhattacharjee; Margot Davey; Rosemary S C Horne; Maureen Cheshire; Jeremy Gibbons; Lorrie Costantini; Ruth Bradford; Barbara Schmidt Journal: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Date: 2014-10-01 Impact factor: 21.405
Authors: Claire E Kelly; Wenn Lynn Ooi; Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang; Jian Chen; Chris Adamson; Katherine J Lee; Jeanie L Y Cheong; Peter J Anderson; Lex W Doyle; Deanne K Thompson Journal: Ann Clin Transl Neurol Date: 2018-09-19 Impact factor: 4.511