Long-Term Effects of Inhaled Budesonide for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1708831

Among surviving extremely preterm infants, the rate of neurodevelopmental disability at 2 years did not differ significantly between infants who received early inhaled budesonide for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and those who received placebo, but the mortality rate was higher among those who received budesonide. (Funded by the European Union and Chiesi Farmaceutici; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01035190 .).

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