POPS2 recruited their 4000th participant

The Pregnancy Outcome Predication Study (POPS) 2 study aims to better understand and predict what makes some pregnancies more at risk of complications than others.

This month they are celebrating the huge milestone of recruiting their 4000th participant to the study.

The study team plans to recruit around another 1400 participants.

Amy Sutton-Cole, Lead Research Midwife and POPS2 Study Coordinator, said “4000 wonderful participants willing to give up their time to take part and a large amount of research activity.

And all that activity deserves a lot of treats to say THANK YOU for all you do to support the study”.

Thank you, Amy, for the CRF’s box of treats.

POPS2 seeks to better understand the causes of pregnancy complications and produce tests which are better at predicting complications.

This research builds on findings from previous work done during the POPS study. This showed that blood tests and ultrasound scans are able to predict problems for the baby during pregnancy to an extent. POPS2 will further test the reliability and accuracy of these predictions over a larger number and more diverse population of pregnant women.

Each woman will have extra blood tests, ultrasound scans and measurements of the baby’s blood flow. The results of these tests and scans will be recorded and then compared, based on the outcome of each pregnancy to work out how well they predict different levels of risk for each baby. The overall aim is for this data to add to the findings of the first POPS study to provide a clearer picture of how well these tests can predict problems for the baby in pregnancy.

Be Part of Research – Trial Details – Pregnancy outcome prediction study 2