A population-based study of the health and developmental consequences of preterm birth
Lead: Maria Quigley (NPEU)
Topics: Child health and development, Preterm birth
BOOST-II UK trial - targeting oxygen saturation levels in preterm babies
Lead: Peter Brocklehurst (NPEU)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
Effect of social deprivation on gestational age and size at birth
Lead: Sandra Bonellie (Napier University)
Topics: Preterm birth, Smoking or vaping in pregnancy, Socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities, Stillbirth and infant death
Evaluation of the impact of preterm birth clinics
Lead: Maggie Redshaw (NPEU (Former member))
Topics: Preterm birth, Women's experience of maternity care
I2S2 - Iodine supplementation trial - iodine supplementation for premature babies
Leads: Fiona Williams (University of Dundee) and Peter Brocklehurst (NPEU)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
Minidex: The efficacy and safety of very low dose dexamethasone used to facilitate the extubation of ventilator dependent preterm babies who are at high risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Leads: Helen Yates (Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) and Mark Turner (University of Liverpool)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
Optimising neonatal service provision for preterm babies born between 27 and 31 weeks gestation in England using national data, qualitative research and economic analysis
Lead: Thillagavathie Pillay (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Organisation and delivery of maternity and neonatal care, Preterm birth
PiPS - Probiotics in Preterm babies Study
Lead: Kate Costeloe (Homerton Hospital, London)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
PITCHES: Phase III trial in IntrahepaTic CHolestasis of pregnancy (ICP) to evaluate urSodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) in improving perinatal outcomes
Lead: Lucy Chappell (King's College, London)
Topics: Antenatal care, Care of the compromised term infant, Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
Poppi - a single centre randomised placebo-controlled trial investigating the efficacy of morphine analgesia for procedural pain in infants
Lead: Rebeccah Slater (University of Oxford)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
Pre-eclampsia in Hospital: Early Induction or Expectant management (PHOENIX).
Leads: Lucy Chappell (King's College, London) and Andy Shennan (King's College, London)
Topics: Antenatal care, Care of the compromised term infant, Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Child health and development, Labour and delivery, Preterm birth, Severe maternal morbidity and mortality, Stillbirth and infant death
SIFT - Speed of Increasing milk Feeds Trial
Lead: Jon Dorling (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK)
Topics: Care of the preterm or low birthweight infant, Preterm birth
The effect of breastfeeding on child development
Lead: Maria Quigley (NPEU)
Topics: Breastfeeding, Child health and development, Preterm birth
If you'd like to suggest a new topic for us to consider, please email general@npeu.ox.ac.uk