This CSG is currently sponsored by the MacDonald UK Obstetric Medicine Society (MOMS) with administrative support provided by the British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society (BMFMS)
Professor Lucilla Poston of Kings College London has been Chair of the maternal medicine CSG since its inception. The CSG has 13 executive members. Meetings are held every 3-4 months. Minutes are available via the RCOG web-site.
The next full meeting of the Maternal Medicine CSG (executive and members) will be held on 25th May at the RCOG, London. The meeting will start at 1030am, include lunch and finish at about 2pm.
Aims of the Maternal Medicine-CSG are
Current clinical projects include the StAmP trial, an RCT of statins in pre-eclampsia (MRC funded: Professors D Williams and A Ahmed); UpBeat, an RCT of a complex intervention in obese pregnant women (NIHR funded: Professor L Poston); PELICAN; PIGF for differential diagnosis of pre-eclampsia (commercial funding ALERE; Professor A Shennan); Spot urinary protein:creatinine ration in hypertensive disease (HTA funded; Mr J Waugh); CHIPS; Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy (Canadian funded; UK CI Professor J Thornton).
The CSG has developed into an excellent forum for discussion of clinical trial design and for support of new investigators wishing to develop trial protocols.
If you are developing a trial in Maternal Medicine, would like to find centres for your trial or wish to help in trial design please contact Professor Lucilla Poston, lucilla.poston@kcl.ac.uk