Brown/WIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD MFM Units Network Site

描述（由申请人提供）：布朗大学/罗得岛妇女和婴儿医院（WIH）母胎医学部坚定地承诺继续高水平参与NICHD MFMU网络，以调查临床产科问题，特别是与低出生体重、早产和妊娠医疗问题有关的问题。我们在这些领域的临床试验方面拥有丰富的经验，以及强大、稳定和经过验证的研究基础设施。妇产科医院每年接生9 000人，是全国最大的产科单位之一。我们一直是MFMU网络过去两个五年周期的参与中心。德怀特J.劳斯，医学博士，MSPH被招募为布朗/WIH网络首席研究员在2009年9月。在此之前，他曾于2001年至2009年担任亚拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB）MFMU网络站点的首席研究员。在这个职位上，他保持了UAB作为一个重要的和领先的网络中心（一直排名前三）。根据网络生物统计协调中心（BCC）发布的最新累积绩效报告，Brown/WIH在14个中心中的数据质量（编辑和审计）排名第二，在患者招募和保留方面排名第七。我们有信心保持我们在前者的高排名，并提高我们在后者的排名。劳斯博士的教师招聘方案包括额外的部门学术开放式资金，相当于两名专门致力于网络的研究护士的全职工作。有了这笔资金，我们聘请了三名研究助理（而不是两名护士），并重新配置了我们的人员部署。因此，我们的招聘人数急剧增加。事实上，自2009年9月以来，Brown/WIH已经筛选了最多的患者，并招募了第二多的患者参加自那时以来唯一正在进行的随机网络试验-SCAN试验（17-己酸羟孕酮预防宫颈短的初产妇早产）我们还大大增加了TSH试验的筛查，一个月内最多可容纳205名（经个人同意）患者。我们相信，在未来五年内，我们作为NICHD MFMU网络中心的竞争性更新仍然处于有利地位。我们的目标不仅是参与MFMU网络，而且要将Brown/WIH变成其在协议开发，启动和完成，数据解释，手稿准备和顶级期刊出版方面的领先网站之一，并支持所有协议和中心的网络功能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Brown University/Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island (WIH) has a strong commitment to a continued high-level of participation in the NICHD MFMU Network for the purpose of investigating problems in clinical obstetrics, particularly those related to low birth weight, prematurity, and medical problems of pregnancy. We have extensive experience in performing clinical trials in these areas, and a strong, stable, and proven research infrastructure. WIH, with 9,000 annual births, is one of the largest obstetric units in the country. We have been a participating center for the past two 5-year cycles of the MFMU Network. Dwight J. Rouse, MD, MSPH was recruited to be the Brown/WIH Network Principal Investigator in September, 2009. Prior to this he was the Principal Investigator for the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) MFMU Network site from 2001 to 2009. In that role, he maintained UAB as a vital and leading Network center (consistently ranked in the top three). According to the most recent cumulative performance report issued by the Network's Biostatistical Coordinating Center (BCC) Brown/WIH was ranked 2nd highest in Data Quality (edits and audits) and 7th in Patient Recruitment and Retention among 14 centers. We are confident we can retain our high ranking in the former and improve our ranking in the latter. Dr. Rouse's faculty recruitment package included additional Departmental academic open-ended funding for the full time equivalent of two research nurses who are dedicated solely to the Network. With this funding we hired three research assistants (rather than two nurses) and re-configured the deployment of our personnel. Accordingly, our recruitment has increased dramatically. Indeed, since 9/09, Brown/WIH has screened the greatest number of patients, and recruited the second greatest number to the only randomized Network trial ongoing since that time-the SCAN Trial (17-a hydroxyprogesterone caproate for the prevention of preterm birth in nulliparas with a short cervix) We also dramatically increased screening for the TSH trial, to a maximum of 205 (individually-consented) patients in one month. We believe that we remain well positioned for competitive renewal as an NICHD MFMU Network center for the next five years. Our goal is not only to participate in the MFMU Network, but to turn Brown/WIH into one of its leading sites in terms of protocol development, start-up and completion, data interpretation, manuscript preparation and publication in top-tier journals, and support of Network functions across all protocols and centers.