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NCT number NCT01487187
Other study ID # 1002554
Secondary ID
Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
First received November 22, 2011
Last updated March 7, 2017
Start date November 2011
Est. completion date January 2018

Study information

Verified date March 2017
Source IWK Health Centre
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Very preterm babies frequently develop problems with their blood circulation during the first few days after birth. These circulation problems could affect the oxygen and blood flow to their brain and lead to effects such as bleeding in the head or delayed developmental milestones later in life. Currently the care for such problems may include transfusion of intravenous fluids or blood to the baby and/or giving the baby medications that can help circulation.

The current practice at the delivery of these babies is to immediately clamp their umbilical cords after birth. Recent research studies have shown that giving more of the baby's own blood to them at birth by delayed cord clamping (waiting for clamping the cord for about 30-90 seconds) or by milking the cord, may reduce the number of blood transfusions that these babies may need later on. It may also improve their initial blood pressure and reduce the chances of bleeding in their heads.

More research is needed to prove if either delayed cord clamping or milking the cord at birth will be better in terms of improving these babies' health.

The aim of this study is to find out if adding some blood to these babies' circulation, through milking the cord at birth, could prevent or reduce the possible problems with blood circulation and the reduced blood flow to the brain that some of these babies may have after birth.

The investigators will also investigate if milking the cord at birth could improve their long-term developmental outcome.

Hypothesis: In preterm infants less than 31 weeks' gestation, milking the umbilical cord 3 times prior to clamping, compared to immediate clamping after birth will improve systemic blood flow (as assessed by improving superior vena cava flow measured by heart ultrasound in the first 24 hours after birth)


Description:

Eligible mothers will be randomized prior to delivery once preterm labour is established (cervical dilatation > 4cm and preterm birth is considered inevitable or delivery is indicated for maternal or fetal indications) to either milking of the umbilical cord of their infants (intervention group) or to clamp the cord as per standard practice (currently it is the immediate cord clamping) after birth (control group). Randomization will be done in variable block sizes and will be concealed by using opaque envelopes prepared ahead of time from a randomization table. Envelopes will be opened before the time of delivery.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Active, not recruiting
Enrollment 73
Est. completion date January 2018
Est. primary completion date January 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 24 Weeks to 31 Weeks
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:Preterm infants < 31 weeks' gestation if their mothers fulfill the following inclusion criteria:

1. admitted to the hospital for at least 2 hours before delivery in preterm labor (cervical dilatation >2 cm or having premature rupture of membranes) or if a decision to induce labour has been made by treating physician for a maternal or fetal indications).

2. at 24+0 weeks - 30+6/7 weeks gestation (by best estimate based on date of last menstrual period or early ultrasound)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. monochorionic twin or any higher order multiple pregnancy

2. major fetal congenital or chromosomal anomalies

3. significant placental abruption

4. fetal anemia/transfusion

5. Rh isoimmunization

6. intent to withhold or withdraw treatment of the infant

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Milking the umbilical cord at birth
Infants in the cord-milked group will be placed at or below the level of the placenta, and about 20 cm of the umbilical cord (or the length of cord that is accessible if less than 20 cm) will be vigorously milked towards the umbilicus three times before clamping the cord
immediate umbilical cord clamping
immediate cord clamping without milking as per standard practice

Locations

Country Name City State
Canada IWK Health Centre Halifax Nova Scotia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Walid El-Naggar

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Systemic blood flow as reflected by mean SVC flow measured by echocardiographic study at 4-6 hours after birth. at 4-6 hours of age
Secondary low SVC flow (< 40 ml/kg/min), as assessed by echocardiography at 4-6 and 10-12 hours of age
Secondary Hypotension Hypotension is defiined as mean blood pressure < corresponding gestational age number for > 30 minutes during the first 48 hours of life
Secondary Hyperbilirubinemia and peak bilirubin level recording Hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy (as per routine unit practice) during first 2 weeks of age
Secondary Systemic blood flow as reflected by mean SVC flow measured by echocardiographic study at 10-12 hours after birth. at 10-12 hours of age
Secondary Number of blood transfusions during hospital stay at 40 weeks of corrected gestational age
Secondary Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) as diagnosed by standard-practice cranial ultrasounds during first 2 weeks of life
Secondary Neurodevelopmental outcome At 36 months of age
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