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Stock, SJ, Wotherspoon, LM, Boyd, KA, Morris, RK, Dorling, J, Jackson, L, Chandiramani, M, David, AL, Khalil, A, Shennan, A, Hodgetts Morton, V, Lavender, T, Khan, K, Harper-Clarke, S, Mol, BW, Riley, RD, Norrie, J and Norman, JE (2018) Quantitative fibronectin to help decision-making in women with symptoms of preterm labour (QUIDS) part 1: Individual participant data meta-analysis and health economic analysis. BMJ Open, 8 (4). e020796 - ?. ISSN 2044-6055
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The aim of the QUIDS study is to develop a decision support tool for the management of women with symptoms and signs of preterm labour, based on a validated prognostic model using quantitative fetal fibronectin (qfFN) concentration, in combination with clinical risk factors. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study will evaluate the Rapid fFN 10Q System (Hologic, Marlborough, Massachusetts) which quantifies fFN in a vaginal swab. In part 1 of the study, we will develop and internally validate a prognostic model using an individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of existing studies containing women with symptoms of preterm labour alongside fFN measurements and pregnancy outcome. An economic analysis will be undertaken to assess potential cost-effectiveness of the qfFN prognostic model. The primary endpoint will be the ability of the prognostic model to rule out spontaneous preterm birth within 7 days. Six eligible studies were identified by systematic review of the literature and five agreed to provide their IPD (n=5 studies, 1783 women and 139 events of preterm delivery within 7 days of testing). ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study is funded by the National Institute of Healthcare Research Health Technology Assessment (HTA 14/32/01). It has been approved by the West of Scotland Research Ethics Committee (16/WS/0068). PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42015027590. VERSION: Protocol version 2, date 1 November 2016.
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Additional Information: | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 01 May 2018 14:21 |
Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2018 10:11 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/4810 |