Study protocol: quantitative fibronectin to help decision-making in women with symptoms of preterm labour (QUIDS) part 2, UK Prospective Cohort Study

Sarah Jane Stock; Lisa M Wotherspoon; Kathleen Anne Boyd; Rachel K Morris; Jon Dorling; Lesley Jackson; Manju Chandiramani; Anna L David; Asma Khalil; Andrew Shennan; Victoria Hodgetts Morton; Tina Lavender; Khalid Khan; Susan Harper-Clarke; Ben Mol; Richard D Riley; John Norrie; Jane Norman

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020795

Study protocol: quantitative fibronectin to help decision-making in women with symptoms of preterm labour (QUIDS) part 2, UK Prospective Cohort Study

Sarah Jane Stock, Lisa M Wotherspoon, Kathleen Anne Boyd, Rachel K Morris, Jon Dorling, Lesley Jackson, Manju Chandiramani, Anna L David, Asma Khalil, Andrew Shennan, Victoria Hodgetts Morton, Tina Lavender, Khalid Khan, Susan Harper-Clarke, Ben Mol, Richard D Riley, John Norrie, Jane Norman

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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 (fFN) concentration, in combination with clinical risk factors.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study will evaluate the Rapid fFN 10Q System (Hologic, Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA) which quantifies fFN in a vaginal swab. In QUIDS part 2, we will perform a prospective cohort study in at least eight UK consultant-led maternity units, in women with symptoms of preterm labour at 22+0 to 34+6 weeks gestation to externally validate a prognostic model developed in QUIDS part 1. The effects of quantitative fFN on anxiety will be assessed, and acceptability of the test and prognostic model will be evaluated in a subgroup of women and clinicians (n=30). The sample size is 1600 women (with estimated 96-192 events of preterm delivery within 7 days of testing). Clinicians will be informed of the qualitative fFN result (positive/negative) but be blinded to quantitative fFN result. Research midwives will collect outcome data from the maternal and neonatal clinical records. The final validated prognostic model will be presented as a mobile or web-based application.

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).

VERSION: Protocol V.2, Date 1 November 2016.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN 41598423andCPMS: 31277.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e020795
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	8
Issue number	4
Early online date	19 Apr 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020795
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Stock, S. J., Wotherspoon, L. M., Boyd, K. A., Morris, R. K., Dorling, J., Jackson, L., Chandiramani, M., David, A. L., Khalil, A., Shennan, A., Hodgetts Morton, V., Lavender, T., Khan, K., Harper-Clarke, S., Mol, B., Riley, R. D., Norrie, J., & Norman, J. (2018). Study protocol: quantitative fibronectin to help decision-making in women with symptoms of preterm labour (QUIDS) part 2, UK Prospective Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 8(4), e020795. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020795

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