EQUIPTT (Evaluation of QUIPP app for Triage and Transfer)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Evaluation of the QUIPP App for Triage and Transfer: reducing inappropriate management for threatened preterm labour
IRAS ID
199038
Contact name
AH Shennan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
King's College London
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Accurate diagnosis of preterm labour is desirable in order ensure optimum management of those most at risk of preterm birth and to prevent the maternal and fetal risks incurred by unnecessary interventions to the majority of women who do not deliver within a week of presentation. Current over-intervention results in many women being transferred unnecessarily out of their local hospital and most women receiving unnecessary drugs, such as steroids. It also prevents appropriate transfers as neonatal cots are blocked unnecessarily, resulting in more dangerous ex-utero transfers.
Our group has developed the QUIPP App which is a clinical decision-making aid based on quantitative fetal fibronectin (fFN) values, cervical length and previous outcomes of women with threatened preterm labour. We aim to introduce the App and a management algorithm in a multi-site parallel cluster study with the aim of reducing inappropriate management for threatened preterm labour. We will also perform a health economics evaluation of the QUIPP app and explore women's views of its implementation via a qualitative sub-study.
REC name
London - London Bridge Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/LO/1802
Date of REC Opinion
21 Nov 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion