title: Multicentre trial of antepartum low-dose anti-D immunoglobulin.
abstract: Routine antenatal Rh immunoprophylaxis would substantially increase the use of anti-D Ig in the U.K. As availability of anti-D Ig is one factor influencing a decision to introduce routine antenatal prophylaxis, a trial was undertaken to test the efficacy of a lower dose of anti-D Ig than that used in earlier studies. RhD-negative primigravidae were randomized as controls or recipients of two doses of 250iu of anti-D Ig given at 28 and 34 weeks gestation. Blood samples were tested at delivery and at 6 months postpartum for the presence of immune anti-D, and again later if results were equivocal. Nine (1.5%) out of 595 control patients had immune anti-D at follow-up at 6 months and later; 4 (0.78%) of 513 treated women were immunized. It was concluded that, while two doses of 250iu of anti-D Ig may reduce alloimmunization, they are not as effective as two doses of 500iu in a previous trial.
authors.affiliation: Manchester Blood Centre, Plymouth Grove, U.K.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D018029:Rho(D) Immune Globulin