Improving quality of care and outcome at very preterm birth

Information on the CORD pilot trial

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About

Click on this section for contact details, who's who and which institutions are involved.

Publications

For information on events and programme and project publications.

Projects

For information on the individual projects and how they fit into the work packages.

Parents

If you are a parent of a premature baby have a look how you can get involved in the research.

Programme news

Paper published in BMJ Open.

'Assessing Parent's Views' project has had its second paper published. Parents’ first moments with their very preterm babies: a qualitative study.

CORD pilot trial

The first 2 patients have been recruited in Nottingham. Three of the 8 sites are now open (Nottingham City, QMC and Bradford) with further site initiations planned over the next few weeks.

For further information about any aspect of this research, please contact:

Charlotte Lloyd, Programme Manager

Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit
Nottingham Health Science Partners
C Floor, South Block,
Queen's Medical Centre Campus
Nottingham
NG7 2UH

E-mail: charlotte.lloyd@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)115 8844934

Programme aims

Identify & prioritise treatment uncertainties for preterm birth.

Develop strategies for providing initial care at birth at the bedside for preterm babies.

Generate information to enable conduct of a large NHS trial on deferred cord clamping and initial care at the bedside.

The Preterm Birth Programme presents independent research commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research funding scheme (RP-PG- 0609-10107). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health. For further information on the NIHR please visit www.nihr.ac.uk

NCTU

NIHR Improving Quality of Care and Outcome at Very Preterm Birth Programme Grant for Applied Research
Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit, Nottingham Health Science Partners
C Floor, South Block, Queens's Medical Centre Campus
Nottingham, NG7 2UH

tel: +44 (0)115 8844934
fax: +44 (0)115 9194430
email: Charlotte Lloyd