Abstract:
:For nearly 30 years the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network has been conducting randomized trials in pregnant women, many of which have changed clinical practice. Since 1986, the MFMU Network has conducted 29 randomized trials, of which the 17 trials started or completed since 2003 are described here. Study design choices are described including decisions regarding the fundamental questions to be answered and the rationale behind choices of primary and secondary outcomes. Some of the potential pitfalls, particularly relating to bias, that can affect the interpretation of trial results are described along with the mechanisms that the Network has used to avoid or minimize them.
journal_name
Semin Perinatoljournal_title
Seminars in perinatologyauthors
Thom EA,Rice MM,Saade GR,Reddy UM,Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal–Fetal Medicine Units Network.doi
10.1053/j.semperi.2016.03.011subject
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2016-08-01 00:00:00pages
328-34issue
5eissn
0146-0005issn
1558-075Xpii
S0146-0005(16)00019-7journal_volume
40pub_type
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