Twin Birth Study
Initiatives
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The objective of the study was to compare the risk of fetal or neonatal death or serious neonatal morbidity with two delivery strategies, planned cesarean delivery or planned vaginal delivery with cesarean delivery only if indicated, for twin pregnancies between 32 weeks and 38 weeks of gestation, if the leading twin was in the cephalic presentation.
**tbs@sw.ca**
- Start Year
- 2003
- End Year
- 2014
- Funding
- anadian Institutes of Health Research
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Design
- Study design
- Clinical trial cohort
- Follow Up
- Women were followed up during at least 4.5 years
Marker Paper
Barrett JFR, Hannah ME, Hutton EK, Willan AR, Allen AC, Armson BA, Gafni A, Joseph KS, Mason D, Ohlsson A, Ross S, Sanchez JJ, Asztalos EV, for the Twin Birth Study Collaborative Group. 2013. A Randomized Trial of Planned Cesarean or Vaginal Delivery for Twin Pregnancy. The New England Journal of Medicine; 369 (14):1295–1305.
PUBMED 24088091
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Families
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 2,800
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- More than 140 centres in 30 countries
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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