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Screen-positive women were offered a group of interventions aimed at reducing the risk of spontaneous PTB. The primary outcome was the rate of sPTB &lt;37 weeks, and secondary outcomes were gestational age at delivery, total length of neonatal stay, and NICU length of stay (LOS). Unscreened and screen-negative women received standard care. The adaptive study design targeted a sample size of 3,000 to 10,000 women to detect a reduction in sPTB from 6.4 to 4.7%. Due to limited resources, the trial was stopped early prior to data unblinding.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003A total of 1,191 women were randomized. Screened and unscreened women were demographically similar. sPTB &lt;37 weeks occurred in 2.7% of screened women and 3.5% of controls (p\u2009=\u20090.41). In the screened compared with the unscreened group, there were no between-group differences in the gestational age at delivery, total length of neonatal stay, and NICU LOS. However, the NICU LOS among infants admitted for sPTB was significantly shorter (median\u2009=\u20096.8 days, interquartile range [IQR]: 1.8\u20138.0 vs. 45.5 days, IQR: 34.6\u201379.0; p\u2009=\u20090.005).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003Mid-trimester serum proteomics screening of women at low risk for sPTB and the use of a sPTB risk-reduction protocol in screen-positive patients did not significantly reduce the rate of sPTB compared with women not screened, though the trial was underpowered thus limiting the interpretation of negative findings. Infants in the screened group had a significantly shorter NICU LOS, a difference likely due to a reduced number of infants in the screened group that delivered &lt;35 weeks.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Key Points\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0041-1732339","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,16]],"date-time":"2021-08-16T23:29:51Z","timestamp":1629156591000},"page":"1071-1080","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Prediction and Prevention of Preterm Birth: A Prospective, Randomized Intervention Trial"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"40","author":[{"given":"D. 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