Pre-Term Disparities and Intervention Grant
Team
Valerie Montgomery-Rice MD |
Chair, Ob/Gyn, Meharry |
Rani Lewis MD |
OB-GYN, Meharry |
Pat Temple MD |
Pediatrics, VU and Nurses for Newborns |
Melanie Lutenbacher |
VU School of Nursing |
Kelly Bennett MD |
VU Ob/Gyn |
Connie Graves MD |
VU Ob/Gyn |
Diana Marver PhD |
VU Medical Admin, Director of Research & Research Training, M-V Alliance |
Paulette Tempro |
|
Luis Litonjua |
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Frank Harrell PhD |
VU Biostatistics |
Meetings
Wednesdays 7:30am-9:00am, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance office, 1919 Charlotte Ave (corner of 20th & Charlotte, behind Baptist Hospital), Suite 300.
E-mail list:
williamss@mmc.edu,
kelly.a.bennett@vanderbilt.edu,
eddavis@mmc.edu,
connie.graves@vanderbilt.edu,
lhamilton@mmc.edu,
rlewis@mmc.edu,
litonjua@mmc.edu,
melanie.lutenbacher@vanderbilt.edu,
diana.marver@Vanderbilt.Edu,
vmontgomery-rice@mmc.edu,
pat.temple@vanderbilt.edu,
ptempro@mmc.edu,
f.harrell@Vanderbilt.Edu
Study Design
The clinical trial has a 2x2x3 factorial design in which all possible combinations of treatments are randomized. The treatment combinations are dental (SOC (standard of care) vs. deep cleaning), Nursing for Newborns vs SOC, and progesterone (none, vaginal, or IM). Mothers with no periodontal disease are not randomized to standard dental care vs. deep cleaning but are part of a sub-factorial design that is 2x3 (NN +/- x progesterone none/vaginal/IM). Subjects will be accrued so that there are equal numbers of subjects with and without periodontal disease. Sample sizes are determined so that the comparison of the two smallest groups (SOC vs. deep cleaning in mothers with periodontal disease) has sufficient precision. Comparisons involving the other two dimensions of therapy will have greater precision than this. The effect of Nursing for Newborns has twice the precision, and comparisons of two of the three progesterone groups will have 4/3 the precision.
Response Variables
- Time to gestation in days (primary)
- Stress score (secondary)
- Serum progesterone level at 31 weeks
Analysis Plan
The impact of dental therapy will be assessed in the subgroup of subjects with baseline periodontal disease. For the other two factors, effects will be assessed by pooling over the two disease groups. Comparisons involve contrasting two or three treatment groups at a time, adjusting for the main effects of the other treatments and baseline disease status using additive regression models.
For the primary response, the Cox proportional hazards model will be used. For the stress score, ordinary multiple regression will be used. For progesterone level, ordinary regression will be used adjusting for baseline progesterone as a covariate.
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