Are we enrolling representative cohorts of premature infants in our clinical trials?

Adithya ShastryBarbara BajukAbdel-Latif Mohamed

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2021)

Antenatal consenting may lead to biased population representation, which may affect trial results' generalizability. Retrospective consent or waiver of consent may improve the generalizability of neonatal and emergency clinical trials.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
phase ii
phase iii
cross sectional
study protocol
pregnant women
open label
emergency department
public health
double blind
healthcare
preterm birth
randomized controlled trial