EPICure 2 - EPICure 2
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EPICure 2 is a population study of health and development after birth before 27 weeks of gestation during 2006. Evaluations were carried out at discharge (Clinical Data), at 3 years and we have just completed an 11-12year follow up. The latter assessment was carried out with classmate controls.
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Overview
- Acronym
- EPICure 2
- Start Year
- 2006
- Follow Up Is Ongoing
- Year of Most Recent Data Collection
- 2018
- New Data Collection planned?
- No
Access
Access to external researchers or third parties neither provided nor foreseen.
Study Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Number of Data Collection Events
- 3
- Number of very preterm (VPT) and/or very low birthweight (VLBW) births included in cohort (live & still births)
- 3133
Marker Paper
Perinatal:
Costeloe KL, Hennessy EM, Haider S, Stacey F, Marlow N, Draper ES. Short term outcomes after extreme preterm birth in England: comparison of two birth cohorts in 1995 and 2006 (the EPICure studies). BMJ. 2012;345:e7976.
3 year follow up:
Moore T, Hennessy EM, Myles J, Johnson SJ, Draper ES, Costeloe KL, Marlow N. Neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm children born in England in 1995 and 2006: the EPICure studies. BMJ. 2012;345:e7961.
PUBMED 23212881
Timeline
EPICure 2 Cohort
Population based cohort, following up all births between 22 and 26 weeks of gestation in maternity units in England to mothers who were usually resident in England.
Selection Criteria
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- United Kingdom
- Geographical Area
- All of England
- VPT/VLBW Group Inclusion Criteria
- All births in England between 22 and 26 completed weeks of gestation.
- Control Group Inclusion Criteria
- Controls were recruited at the 11 year follow-up by identifying classmates of index children in mainstream school who were born at term (37+0 or more weeks of gestation).
- VPT/VLBW Group Exclusion Criteria
- none
- Control Group Exclusion Criteria
- Birth before 37 weeks of gestation.
- Supplementary Information
- Control group included at 11 year follow up.
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Description | Start | End |
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| 0 |
Perinatal Assessment
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Data were collected on maternal socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, maternal health and obstetric history, pregnancy course, pregnancy complications, use of antenatal steroids, ... | 2006 | 2006 |
| 1 |
3 Year Follow Up
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At 2 years of age (24 months), a postal questionnaire was sent to parents of the participants to collect data on the participant's health, feeding, development, contacts with the health service ... | 2008 | 2010 |
| 2 |
11 Year Follow Up
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At 11 years of age, participants were invited to take part in a school-based assessment by a clinician and psychologist. Participants underwent a clinical examination including growth measures ... | 2017 | 2018 |