title: Multicentre collaboration in perinatal trials in Canada.
abstract: From a request of the Ministry of Health, the Canadian Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Medical Research Council played a leadership role in convening perinatal investigators of all 16 university departments. The consensus was reached that the best means to improve the health of Canadians was to treat and/or prevent prematurity. In the last 10 years, several multicentre clinical trials were designed and carried out on perinatal interventions. This multicentre Canadian collaboration has recently evolved in the formation of a permanent perinatal clinical trial network of more than 100 members.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint-François-d'Assise, Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moutquin
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005544:Forecasting; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010500:Perinatology / Q000639:trends*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic