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Planned delivery between 34<jats:sup>+0<\/jats:sup> and 36<jats:sup>+6<\/jats:sup>\u00a0weeks may reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes but is yet to be evaluated in a low and middle-income setting. Prior to designing a randomised controlled trial to evaluate this in India and Zambia, we carried out a 6-month feasibility study in order to better understand the proposed trial environment and guide development of our intervention.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We used mixed methods to understand the disease burden and current management of pre-eclampsia at our proposed trial sites and explore the acceptability of the intervention. We undertook a case notes review of women with pre-eclampsia who delivered at the proposed trial sites over a 3-month period, alongside facilitating focus group discussions with women and partners and conducting semi-structured interviews with healthcare providers. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse audit data. A thematic framework analysis was used for qualitative data.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Case notes data (n\u2009=\u2009326) showed that in our settings, 19.5% (n\u2009=\u200944) of women with pre-eclampsia delivering beyond 34\u00a0weeks experienced an adverse outcome. In women delivering between 34<jats:sup>+0<\/jats:sup> and 36<jats:sup>+6<\/jats:sup>\u00a0weeks, there were similar numbers of antenatal stillbirths [n\u2009=\u20093 (3.3%)] and neonatal deaths [n\u2009=\u20093 (3.4%)]; median infant birthweight was 2.2\u00a0kg and 1.9\u00a0kg in Zambia and India respectively. Lived experience of women and healthcare providers was an important facilitator to the proposed intervention, highlighting the serious consequences of pre-eclampsia. A preference for spontaneous labour and limited neonatal resources were identified as potential barriers.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This study demonstrated a clear need to evaluate the intervention and highlighted several challenges relating to trial context that enabled us to adapt our protocol and design an acceptable intervention. Our study demonstrates the importance of assessing feasibility when developing complex interventions, particularly in a low-resource setting. 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