Open AccessAntenatal Consent in the SUPPORT Trial: Challenges, Costs, and Representative Enrollment
Author(s) -
Wade Rich,
Kathy J. Auten,
Marie G. Gantz,
Ellen C. Hale,
Angelita M. Hensman,
Nancy S. Newman,
Neil N. Finer
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 345
eISSN - 1098-4275
pISSN - 0031-4005
DOI - 10.1542/peds.2009-3353
Subject(s) - medicine , informed consent , gestational age , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , population , institutional review board , parental consent , prenatal care , randomization , pregnancy , psychiatry , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology , biology , genetics
The purposes of this study were to quantify the time and effort involved in obtaining prenatal consent for the Neonatal Research Network Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Randomized Trial (SUPPORT) and to determine whether the enrolled infants were representative of the eligible population.