Maternal & Perinatal Research Coordinating Hub

Welcome to the Maternal & Perinatal Research Coordinating Hub, a coordinating centre for maternal and perinatal clinical trials and studies, hosted by the Liggins Institute and supporting the ON TRACK Network. In collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Paediatrics: Child and Youth Health, University of Auckland. 

Contact: Dr Chris McKinlay +64274725099, researchhub@auckland.ac.nz 


HUB Templates

• Infant Consent
• Maternal Consent
• Protocol
• Site Activation Checklist

HUB Guides

• Authorship
• Bayley Scales Age Calculator
• Data Monitoring and Safety Committees
• Document Version Control 
• Maori Responsiveness
• Participant Information Sheets
• Planning a Trial

Randomisation

• Simple Randomisation Plans
• Study Numbers

Data Management

• REDCap FMHS 
• REDCap Resources
• Variable Naming Conventions
• Data Cleaning

Analysis

• Papers on Trial Analysis
• OpenEpi - open source statistics
• Normal distribution calculator

Training

• NIH Protecting Human Subjects certificate
• NIH GCP course
• ROCHE GCP course

Consensus Statements and Checklists

Protocol Development

• SPIRIT 2013 Statement

• SPIRIT 2013 Explanation and Elaboration

Outcomes

• COMET - A Core Outcome Set for Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Preterm Birth

Reporting

• CONSORT 2010 - Reporting Parallel Group RCTs
• CONSORT 2010 - Extension to Cluster RCTs
• CONSORT 2010 - Extension to Noninferiority and Equivalence RCTs
• StRONNG Checklist - Standardised Reporting of Neonatal Nutrition and Growth
• STROBE Statement - Reporting Observational Studies
• STROBE Statement - Explanation & Elaboration
• STARD 2015 - Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
• TIDieR Checklist - Reporting of Interventions
• Very Preterm Birth Studies - Pediatrics 2016

Data Monitoring

• DAMOCLES - Charter for Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees
• ERCIN 2011 -Standards Requirements for GCP-Compliant Data Management in Multinational Clinical Trials

Synthesis & Translation

• PRISMA-P 2015 - Preferred Reporting for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols
• PRISMA 2009 - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
• PRISMA-IPD 2015 - Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data
• PRISMA Extension 2015 - Network Meta-analyses
• PRISMA-C Extension 2016 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of Newborn and Child Health Research
• MOOSE - Reporting of Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
• GRADE - Grading Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations
• AGREE II - Assessing Quality and Reporting of Practice Guidelines
• PROSPERO Registration of Systematic Reviews - Checklist
• ROBINS-I - Risk of Bias In Non-randomized Studies of Interventions

Web Links

ANZ

• Australia & New Zealand Clinical Trials Register
• Clinical Trials Alliance Australia (ACTA)
• Health and Disability Ethics Committees NZ (HDEC)
• Health Research Council NZ (HRC)
• IMPACT Clinical Trials
• Liggins Clinical Trials
• MedSafe NZ
• National Maternity Monitoring Group NZ
• Neonatal Unit Contacts NZ
• Online Forms NZ (HDEC / SCOTT)
• Therapeutic Goods Agency (TGA) Australia
• University of Auckland Figshare

International

• Cochrane Neonatal
• Cochrane Pregnancy
• Core Outcomes Initiative (COMET)
• Global Obstetrics Network (GoNET)
• ICH GCP
• International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO)
• NIH Clinical Research Toolkit
• Trial Forge UK
• Trial Managers Network