Delayed Cord Clamping and Use of Oxytocin

Placental Transfusion Clinical Trial

Official title: Is Placental Transfusion Influenced by the Early Administration of Oxytocin?

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if oxytocin administration immediately after delivery of the infant modifies the volume of placental transfusion in healthy term infants.

Clinical Trial Description

Randomized controlled trial with 2 arms to test the influence of oxytocin in placental transfusion.

Placental transfusion: the amount of blood that passes to the baby from the time of birth until the cord is clamped.

The difference in weight between a measurement at birth and a second one after clamping the cord at 3 minutes will be considered as proxy for placental transfusion.

In one arm the oxytocin will be used immediately after birth and the cord clamped at 3 minutes In the other arm the oxytocin will be administered at 3 minutes of birth after the cord is clamped. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Placental Transfusion

• NCT number: NCT02618499
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: May 2016
• Completion date: November 2016