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Kiwi researchers are disappointed after a Dutch trial where Viagra was administered to pregnant women, was urgently urged.
He comes after an alarming number of mothers losing their babies.
Source: 1 NEWS
It comes after the lawsuit in the Netherlands has seen more than twice the number of mothers on the drug losing babies, than those on the placebo.
The drug, also called sildenafil, has been administered in the hope that it will boost the health of babies suffering from severe growth retardation in the uterus, by increasing the flow blood through the placenta.
The trial is one of four internationals, one of which was conducted in New Zealand and Australia with more than 100 women. 19659004] The researchers found no clear evidence of a positive effect of sildenafil, but no signs of harm.
Dr. Katie Groom, chief investigator of the AusNZ study, said, "In our study, we hoped to have a positive effect. "
" For all of us as researchers and clinicians around the world, we are disappointed right now. "
" We had very good pre-clinical scientific evidence and evidence from animal studies. already therapy, because currently we have no treatment for these babies. "
No worries for New Zealand and Australian trial participants.
In the Netherlands, 19 newborns whose mothers were on medication, 11 of whom had developed a disorder pulmonary called persistent pulmonary hypertension.
In the placebo group, there were nine deaths of newborns, but none related to this disorder.
"In the NZAus trial only two cases of hypertension pulmonary have been reported, in one case the mother had received sildenafil and the other placebo treatment, "said Dr. Groom, chief investigator of the AusNZ study
the Dutch results are unexpected.
But she supports the decision made by Dutch investigators to abandon the study.
The researchers recommend at this point that no one take the drug to promote the development of unborn babies.
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