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Effect of Intact Umbilical Cord Milking on Neonatal and First Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants.

NCT03200301 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2024-03-07

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Summary

The investigators hypothesise that intact umbilical cord milking (I-UCM) will reduce neonatal morbidity and improve long term neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants. All babies born less than 32 weeks gestation, meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to either I-UCM or immediate cord clamping (ICC) and their short and long term outcome measures analyzed.

Conditions

  • Preterm Infant
  • Umbilical Cord Milking

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Intact Umbilical Cord Milking

Immediately after delivery, the infant will be placed at or ∼20 cm below the level of the placenta and about 20 cm of the intact umbilical cord will be milked towards the umbilicus three times. The technique consists of pinching the cord close to the placenta and milking about 20 cm segment of the cord proximal to the umbilicus, towards the infant over a 2-second duration. The cord will then be released and allowed to refill with blood for a brief 2-second pause between each milking motion. After completion of milking three times, the cord will be clamped close to the umbilicus and the neonate handed over to the neonatal team. The procedure of cord milking will be completed within 20 seconds.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Minute
Max Age
5 Minutes
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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