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Two-year follow-up of infant and maternal outcomes after planned early delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia (PHOENIX): a randomised controlled trial

Abstract:
Objective
We evaluated the best time to initiate delivery in late preterm pre-eclampsia in order to optimise long-term infant and maternal outcomes.
Design
Parallel-group, non-masked, randomised controlled trial.
Setting
Forty-six maternity units in the UK.
Population
Women with pre-eclampsia between 34+0 and 36+6 weeks of gestation, without severe disease, were randomised to planned delivery or expectant management.
Main outcome measures
Infant neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age, using the Parent Report of Children’s Abilities – Revised (PARCA-R) composite score.
Results
Between 29 September 2014 and 10 December 2018, 901 women were enrolled in the trial, with 450 women allocated to planned delivery and 451 women allocated to expectant management. At the 2-year follow-up, the intention-to-treat analysis population included 276 women (290 infants) allocated to planned delivery and 251 women (256 infants) allocated to expectant management. The mean composite standardised PARCA-R scores were 89.5 (SD 18.2) in the planned delivery group and 91.9 (SD 18.4) in the expectant management group, with an adjusted mean difference of −2.4 points (95% CI −5.4 to 0.5 points).
Conclusions
In infants of women with late preterm pre-eclampsia, the average neurodevelopmental assessment at 2 years lies within the normal range, regardless of whether planned delivery or expectant management was pursued. With the lower than anticipated follow-up rate there was limited power to demonstrate that these scores did not differ, but the small between-group difference in PARCA-R scores is unlikely to be clinically important.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1111/1471-0528.17167

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ORCID:
0000-0001-9923-4912
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
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ORCID:
0000-0001-5500-2247

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Publisher:
Wiley
Journal:
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology More from this journal
Volume:
129
Issue:
10
Pages:
1654-1663
Publication date:
2022-05-12
Acceptance date:
2022-02-12
DOI:
EISSN:
1471-0528
ISSN:
1470-0328
Pmid:
35362666


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1250545
Local pid:
pubs:1250545
Deposit date:
2022-06-01
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