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Timing of Umbilical Cord Clamping: One to Three Minutes vs. After Cessation of Cord Pulsation

NCT03844490 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 580

Last updated 2026-04-01

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Summary

The timing of umbilical cord clamping has been widely discussed in the scientific community.

As part of the worldwide strategies to reduce childhood iron deficiency anemia, the incorporation of late clamping (at least one minute after delivery), has been adopted as an effective and low-cost measure for health services.

The optimal timing for clamping, ( if until 3 minutes of delivery, or later, when the cord stops spontaneous pulse), still remains controversial.

Also, doubts remain about the effect of late clamping of the umbilical cord on maternal outcomes.

This study has the hypothesis that waiting for the cessation of the cord pulsation will not bring harm to the newborn or the mother.

Conditions

  • Umbilical Cord

Interventions

OTHER

CESSATION OF CORD PULSE

In this group the umbilical cord will remain unclamped until the spontanous pulsation stops. At this time, cord clamping will be made.

OTHER

CONTROL

In this group management will be carried out as usual routine (cord clamping from one to three minutes after delivey)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Da Mulher do Recife

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • LEILA KATZ, MD, PhD · IMIP

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-02
Completion
2020-01-23

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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