Comparison of Efficacy and Safety Between Propranolol and Steroid for Infantile Hemangioma: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There are limited data from randomized clinical trials comparing propranolol and steroid medication for treatment of infantile hemangioma (IH).

Objective

To determine the efficacy and safety of propranolol compared with steroid as a first-line treatment for IH.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical noninferiority trial tested the efficacy and safety of propranolol vs steroid treatment for IH at a single academic hospital. All participants were diagnosed with IH between June 2013 and October 2014, had normal heart function, and had not been previously treated for IH.

Interventions

The participants were randomly assigned to either the propranolol group or the steroid group. In the propranolol group, the patients were admitted, obse

SUBMITTER: Kim KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817616 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature