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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
When an external pilot is successful, should it be possible to transform it into an internal pilot by continuing recruitment into the full trial is ready? A case study of the cord pilot trial
Authors:
Lelia Duley, Angela Pushpa-Rajah, Lucy Bradshaw, Jon Dorling, Eleanor Mitchell
Published in:
Trials
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Special Issue 2/2015
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Excerpt
The Cord Pilot Trial recruited for one year at 8 sites to assess feasibility of a definitive UK trial, comparing timing of cord clamping for very preterm births. This was a complex study, funded as part of an NIHR programme for applied research. This paper will present and discuss our experience of trying to transform an external pilot into an internal pilot. …