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Not discharged babies have not reached the primary endpoint.'}], 'secondaryOutcomes': [{'measure': 'prenatal increase in lung volume after FETO', 'timeFrame': 'prior to balloon removal', 'description': 'volume of lung after occlusion'}, {'measure': 'grading of oxygen dependency', 'timeFrame': 'born >32 wks: between 28-56d of life; born <32wks: 36wks postmenstrual age'}, {'measure': 'occurrence of pulmonary hypertension', 'timeFrame': 'within first weeks of life', 'description': 'determined by cardiac ultrasound'}, {'measure': 'number of days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)', 'timeFrame': 'within hospital stay', 'description': 'As long as the baby is in the hospital, it is hospitalized either in NICU or in another, less intensive care unit.\n\nThe number of days in NICU is an outcome variable, expressed in days.'}, {'measure': 'number of days of ventilatory support', 'timeFrame': 'within NICU stay'}, {'measure': 'presence of periventricular leucomalacia', 'timeFrame': '2 months of life'}, {'measure': 'presence of neonatal sepsis, intraventricular haemorrhage, retinopathy grade III or higher', 'timeFrame': 'within hospital stay'}, {'measure': 'number of days till full enteral feeding', 'timeFrame': 'within first 2 years of life'}, {'measure': 'presence of gastro-esophagal reflux', 'timeFrame': 'at discharge'}, {'measure': 'day of surgery', 'timeFrame': 'within hospital stay'}, {'measure': 'requirement for use of patch for repair', 'timeFrame': 'at the time of postnatal surgery'}, {'measure': 'bronchopulmonary dysplasia', 'timeFrame': 'with the first 8 weeks', 'description': 'defined as oxygen need for at least 28 days'}, {'measure': 'Need for Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation', 'timeFrame': 'during NICU admission'}, {'measure': 'Defect size', 'timeFrame': 'at the time of postnatal surgery'}, {'measure': 'number of days alive in case of postnatal death', 'timeFrame': 'during NICU admission'}]}, 'oversightModule': {'oversightHasDmc': True}, 'conditionsModule': {'keywords': ['Isolated Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia', 'Fetal Surgery', 'Pulmonary Hypoplasia'], 'conditions': ['Congenital Diseases', 'Diaphragmatic Hernia', 'Pulmonary Hypoplasia']}, 'referencesModule': {'references': [{'pmid': '19658113', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Jani JC, Nicolaides KH, Gratacos E, Valencia CM, Done E, Martinez JM, Gucciardo L, Cruz R, Deprest JA. Severe diaphragmatic hernia treated by fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Sep;34(3):304-10. doi: 10.1002/uog.6450.'}, {'pmid': '20352401', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Deprest J, Breysem L, Gratacos E, Nicolaides K, Claus F, Debeer A, Smet MH, Proesmans M, Fayoux P, Storme L. Tracheal side effects following fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Radiol. 2010 May;40(5):670-3. doi: 10.1007/s00247-010-1579-9. Epub 2010 Mar 30. No abstract available.'}, {'pmid': '19559323', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Deprest JA, Gratacos E, Nicolaides K, Done E, Van Mieghem T, Gucciardo L, Claus F, Debeer A, Allegaert K, Reiss I, Tibboel D. Changing perspectives on the perinatal management of isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia in Europe. Clin Perinatol. 2009 Jun;36(2):329-47, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.03.004.'}, {'pmid': '19125386', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Deprest JA, Hyett JA, Flake AW, Nicolaides K, Gratacos E. Current controversies in prenatal diagnosis 4: Should fetal surgery be done in all cases of severe diaphragmatic hernia? Prenat Diagn. 2009 Jan;29(1):15-9. doi: 10.1002/pd.2108. No abstract available.'}, {'pmid': '18845492', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Deprest JA, Flemmer AW, Gratacos E, Nicolaides K. Antenatal prediction of lung volume and in-utero treatment by fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion in severe isolated congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med. 2009 Feb;14(1):8-13. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2008.08.010. Epub 2008 Oct 8.'}, {'pmid': '18844275', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Jani JC, Benachi A, Nicolaides KH, Allegaert K, Gratacos E, Mazkereth R, Matis J, Tibboel D, Van Heijst A, Storme L, Rousseau V, Greenough A, Deprest JA; Antenatal-CDH-Registry group. Prenatal prediction of neonatal morbidity in survivors with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a multicenter study. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Jan;33(1):64-9. doi: 10.1002/uog.6141.'}, {'pmid': '17587219', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Jani J, Nicolaides KH, Keller RL, Benachi A, Peralta CF, Favre R, Moreno O, Tibboel D, Lipitz S, Eggink A, Vaast P, Allegaert K, Harrison M, Deprest J; Antenatal-CDH-Registry Group. Observed to expected lung area to head circumference ratio in the prediction of survival in fetuses with isolated diaphragmatic hernia. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;30(1):67-71. doi: 10.1002/uog.4052.'}, {'pmid': '16374756', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Jani J, Keller RL, Benachi A, Nicolaides KH, Favre R, Gratacos E, Laudy J, Eisenberg V, Eggink A, Vaast P, Deprest J; Antenatal-CDH-Registry Group. Prenatal prediction of survival in isolated left-sided diaphragmatic hernia. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;27(1):18-22. doi: 10.1002/uog.2688.'}, {'pmid': '15287047', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Deprest J, Gratacos E, Nicolaides KH; FETO Task Group. Fetoscopic tracheal occlusion (FETO) for severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia: evolution of a technique and preliminary results. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Aug;24(2):121-6. doi: 10.1002/uog.1711.'}, {'pmid': '21484841', 'type': 'BACKGROUND', 'citation': 'Rodrigues HC, Deprest J, v d Berg PP. When referring physicians and researchers disagree on equipoise: the TOTAL trial experience. Prenat Diagn. 2011 Jun;31(6):589-94. doi: 10.1002/pd.2756. Epub 2011 Apr 11.'}, {'pmid': '35032132', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Deprest J, Flake A. How should fetal surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia be implemented in the post-TOTAL trial era: A discussion. Prenat Diagn. 2022 Mar;42(3):301-309. doi: 10.1002/pd.6091. Epub 2022 Jan 22.'}, {'pmid': '34808130', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Van Calster B, Benachi A, Nicolaides KH, Gratacos E, Berg C, Persico N, Gardener GJ, Belfort M, Ville Y, Ryan G, Johnson A, Sago H, Kosinski P, Bagolan P, Van Mieghem T, DeKoninck PLJ, Russo FM, Hooper SB, Deprest JA. The randomized Tracheal Occlusion To Accelerate Lung growth (TOTAL)-trials on fetal surgery for congenital diaphragmatic hernia: reanalysis using pooled data. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Apr;226(4):560.e1-560.e24. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.11.1351. Epub 2021 Nov 19.'}, {'pmid': '34106556', 'type': 'DERIVED', 'citation': 'Deprest JA, Nicolaides KH, Benachi A, Gratacos E, Ryan G, Persico N, Sago H, Johnson A, Wielgos M, Berg C, Van Calster B, Russo FM; TOTAL Trial for Severe Hypoplasia Investigators. Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jul 8;385(2):107-118. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2027030. 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