The phrase "a prospective group" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a group of individuals or entities that are being considered for a particular purpose or opportunity in the future.
Example: "We are currently evaluating a prospective group of candidates for the open position in our department."
Alternatives: "a potential group" or "an anticipated group".
Methods: A clinical study of PLIF with pedicle screw fixation included a prospective group of 46 patients treated for spondylolisthesis.
"We need to look at a prospective group of women to see if blood group affects your chance of getting pregnant," he said.
Retrospective analysis of radiographs for a prospective group of 196 adolescent patients with thoracic idiopathic scoliosis after anterior spinal fusion with instrumentation.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective, group sample trial was conducted on ventilator-dependent newly born VLBW infants.
We have analyzed tissue samples collected in a prospective group of 62 patients with NSCLC, who had undergone complete surgical resection of the lung tumor as an initial treatment (i.e., without prior radiotherapy or chemotherapy) between January 2002 and August 2004 at the Thoracic Surgery Department of Trousseau Hospital (Tours, France).
A multivariate model to predict weaning outcome was constructed in this group and applied to a prospective group of 31 patients followed during an 18-month period.
In case of ethical need or slow recruitment an interim analysis will be performed, applying a prospective group-sequential design using the alpha error spending function published by Lan and Demets [ 17, 18], implementing an O'Brien and Fleming boundary shape.
The model to predict weaning outcome was developed on a training group of 43 patients admitted during a two-year period and validated on a separate prospective group of 59 patients admitted to the CVU during the subsequent 18 months.
Our aim is to evaluate the diagnostic value of FGF19 in a large and prospective group of patients with chronic diarrhea, previously investigated with C4.
First, the examination of a relatively small prospective group of 103 consecutive patients followed up for only 6 weeks resulted in 90 exacerbations which is equal to an annual rate of 7.5 per patient-year.
The study included a prospective intervention group and an observational comparison group (Fig. 1).
