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Registration number
ACTRN12620000195954
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
14/02/2020
Date registered
19/02/2020
Date last updated
8/08/2022
Date data sharing statement initially provided
19/02/2020
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Deferred Cord Clamping to Reduce Need for Neonatal Blood Transfusion: the Transfusions In The APTS Newborns Study (TITANS)
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Scientific title
Understanding the Role of Deferred Cord Clamping in Reducing Need for Neonatal Red Cell Transfusion: what can be learned from the Australian Placental Transfusion Study? A retrospective, nested, observational study of APTS newborns
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
TITANS
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Linked study record
ACTRN12610000633088 is the parent study (APTS)
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Pre-term birth
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Condition category
Condition code
Reproductive Health and Childbirth
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Complications of newborn
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Observational
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Patient registry
False
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Target follow-up duration
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Target follow-up type
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Data from the APTS study combined with other routinely collected clinical data from APTS Australian and New Zealand sites relating to receipt of transfusion and the factors that affect risk for transfusion in preterm infants during their hospital admission after birth will be used for this study.
No additional participant contact is required for the study. Data will be collected from patient medical records.
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Intervention code [1]
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Not applicable
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Comparator / control treatment
Comparisons will be made between the APTS allocated groups: deferred cord clamping vs immediate cord clamping
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Number of babies receiving red cell transfusion assessed through patient medical records
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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From birth to hospital discharge
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Transfusions per baby assessed through patient medical records
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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From birth to hospital discharge
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Cumulative transfusion volume (mL/kg) assessed through patient medical records
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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From birth to hospital discharge
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Time to first transfusion assessed through patient medical records
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Assessment method [3]
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Timepoint [3]
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From birth to first transfusion
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Secondary outcome [4]
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Primary reasons for each transfusion assessed through patient medical records
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Assessment method [4]
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Timepoint [4]
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From birth to hospital discharge
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Enrolled and randomly assigned newborns (>30 weeks gestation) in Australian and New Zealand sites for the Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS)
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Minimum age
No limit
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Maximum age
30
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
APTS participants who withdrew participation from the study
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Study design
Purpose
Natural history
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Duration
Cross-sectional
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Selection
Defined population
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Timing
Retrospective
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Statistical methods / analysis
While APTS randomised infants to immediate or deferred cord clampling, the current study, TITANS, will look at medical data of APTS infants retrospectively. Analysis will include all randomised infants with available data and be based on intention-to-treat. Continuous data will be presented as means or medians, as appropriate. Categorical data will be presented as frequencies and percentages. Groups will be compared using chi-square tests or t-tests, as appropriate.
Mediation analysis is planned using mediator-specific and outcome models to estimate indirect effects of mediators on the relationship between timing of cord clamping and need for blood transfusion.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
2/03/2020
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Actual
15/05/2020
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Date of last data collection
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Sample size
Target
1401
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Accrual to date
720
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,WA,VIC
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Recruitment hospital [1]
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The Canberra Hospital - Garran
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Recruitment hospital [2]
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Camperdown
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Recruitment hospital [3]
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Royal North Shore Hospital - St Leonards
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Recruitment hospital [4]
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John Hunter Children's Hospital - New Lambton
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Recruitment hospital [5]
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Liverpool Hospital - Liverpool
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Recruitment hospital [6]
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Royal Hospital for Women - Randwick
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Recruitment hospital [7]
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Flinders Medical Centre - Bedford Park
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Recruitment hospital [8]
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Monash Medical Centre - Clayton campus - Clayton
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Recruitment hospital [9]
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Mercy Hospital for Women - Heidelberg
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Recruitment hospital [10]
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The Townsville Hospital - Douglas
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Recruitment hospital [11]
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Mater Mother's Hospital - South Brisbane
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Recruitment hospital [12]
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Royal Brisbane & Womens Hospital - Herston
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Recruitment hospital [13]
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King Edward Memorial Hospital - Subiaco
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Recruitment postcode(s) [1]
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2605 - Garran
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Recruitment postcode(s) [2]
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2050 - Camperdown
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Recruitment postcode(s) [3]
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2065 - St Leonards
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Recruitment postcode(s) [4]
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2305 - New Lambton
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Recruitment postcode(s) [5]
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2170 - Liverpool
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Recruitment postcode(s) [6]
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2031 - Randwick
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Recruitment postcode(s) [7]
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5042 - Bedford Park
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Recruitment postcode(s) [8]
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3168 - Clayton
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Recruitment postcode(s) [9]
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3084 - Heidelberg
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Recruitment postcode(s) [10]
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4814 - Douglas
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Recruitment postcode(s) [11]
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4101 - South Brisbane
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Recruitment postcode(s) [12]
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4029 - Herston
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Recruitment postcode(s) [13]
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6008 - Subiaco
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Recruitment outside Australia
Country [1]
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New Zealand
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Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Waikato, Wellington
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Government body
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Name [1]
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National Blood Authority
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Address [1]
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Locked Bag 8430
Canberra ACT 2601
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
University of Sydney
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Address
University of Sydney
Camperdown NSW 2006
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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None
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Northern Sydney Local Health District Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Research Office, Level 13 Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital St Leonards NSW 2065
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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13/11/2019
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Ethics approval number [1]
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2019/ETH12819
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Ethics committee name [2]
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Southern Health and Disability Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [2]
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Ministry of Health Health and Disability Ethics Committees PO Box 5013 Wellington 6140
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Ethics committee country [2]
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New Zealand
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Date submitted for ethics approval [2]
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Approval date [2]
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13/11/2019
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Ethics approval number [2]
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19/STH/195
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Ethics committee name [3]
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Mater Misericordiae Ltd Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [3]
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Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane Qld 4101
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Ethics committee country [3]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [3]
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Approval date [3]
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20/12/2019
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Ethics approval number [3]
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HREC/MML/56247
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Summary
Brief summary
The Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS) and other studies provide strong evidence that deferring umbilical cord clamping at birth for up to a minute is a simple, safe procedure that reduces the proportion of preterm infants who need a blood transfusion by 10%. The mechanism is not fully understood – but one potential mechanism is an increased volume of transfusion of blood from the placenta to the baby after birth. Alternatively, deferred cord clamping may reduce severity of illness in the first weeks after birth. This could lead to fewer blood tests, greater tolerance of anaemia, and better opportunities for babies to make their own red cells. The Transfusions In The APTS Newborns Study (TITANS) is designed is to obtain and analyse more data about the babies in APTS to investigate the mechanism behind the reduced need for red cell transfusions, and to explore whether there are other changes in clinical care that could reduce the need for transfusion.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
Name
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Prof Helen Liley
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Address
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Mater Mothers' Hospital, Mater Misericoridiae Ltd.
Aubigny 1, Mater Hill, South Brisbane
Qld 4101
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Australia
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+61 7 3163 2733
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
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Ava Tan-Koay
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Address
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NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, the University of Sydney
Locked bag 77, Camperdown
NSW 1450
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Australia
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+61 2 9562 5046
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Helen Liley
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Address
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Mater Mothers' Hospital, Mater Misericoridiae Ltd.
Aubigny 1, Mater Hill, South Brisbane
Qld 4101
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Australia
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
No
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
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What supporting documents are/will be available?
No Supporting Document Provided
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Other Details
Attachment
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Study protocol
[email protected]
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Ethical approval
[email protected]
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Citation
Link
Email
Other Details
Attachment
6790
Study protocol
[email protected]
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Ethical approval
[email protected]
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Analytic code
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Is Peer Reviewed?
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Citations or Other Details
Attachment
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Study results article
Yes
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