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Recruitment of pregnant women in randomized trials: What could hold us back?

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For many years, members of the Dutch Consortium for Healthcare Evaluation and Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology (NVOG Consortium) have been working on the improvement of care for patients with threatened preterm birth. One of the research topics, the safety and effectiveness of labor-suppressing tocolytic medications, is covered in the APOSTEL trials. In this blog, we would like to outline the APOSTEL trials that have been performed so far, provide an update on the current project, the APOSTEL 8 trial, and provide different stakeholders’ views on recruitment of pregnant women in randomized trials from our recent paper in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth.

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