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
Population
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
- Countries
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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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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 |
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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 |
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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 |