Value of clinical research: Usefulness tool development and
systematic review of 350 randomised controlled trials in preterm birth
Janneke van ‘t Hooft (postdoctoral fellow,
0000-0001-5303-1503)1,2, Charlotte E. van Dijk (MD,
0000-0001-9417-4180)2, Cathrine Axfors (postdoctoral
fellow, 0000-0002-2706-1730)1,3, Noah A. Haber
(postdoctoral fellow, 0000-0002-5672-1769)1, Zarko
Alfirevic (professor, 0000-0001-9276-518X)4, Martijn
A. Oudijk (0000-0001-8672-4365)2, Ben WJ Mol
(professor, 0000-0001-8337-550X) 5,6, Patrick M.
Bossuyt (professor, 0000-0003-4427-0128)7, John P.A.
Ioannidis (professor, 0000-0003-3118-6859)1,8.
- Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS), Stanford
University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amsterdam Reproduction and
Development Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Department for Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University,
Uppsala, Sweden.
- Center for Women’s Health Research, Liverpool Women’s Hospital,
Liverpool, United Kingdom.
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Monash University, Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia.
- Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research, School of Medicine,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics,
Amsterdam AUMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Departments of Medicine, of Epidemiology and Population Health of
Biomedical Data Science, and of Statistics, Stanford University, Palo
Alto, CA, USA.
Corresponding author: Janneke van ‘t Hooft, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Amsterdam Reproduction and Development
Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
J.vanthooft@gmail.com.
T:0031-613477818
Running title: Usefulness of clinical research in preterm birth