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Placing Preterm Infants in Polyethylene Bags Immediately After Birth

NCT04463511 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 194

Last updated 2022-05-18

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Summary

Primary objective: To determine if placing preterm infants in a polyethylene bag (PB) immediately after birth, before the umbilical cord is clamped, will increase the number of preterm infants with a normal temperature on admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Conditions

  • Newborn
  • Infant
  • Hypothermia
  • Premature

Interventions

OTHER

Polyethylene bag before the umbilical cord is clamped

11" x 16" (279mm x 406mm) sterile resealable PB (Resealable Polybag, Helapet Ltd, Bedfordshire, UK)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College Dublin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa K McCarthy, MB BCh BAO · National Maternity Hospital / University College Dublin

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
32 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-07-13
Primary Completion
2022-09-01
Completion
2023-01-01

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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