Status:
COMPLETED
Umbilical Cord Clamping and Infant Iron Status
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, Davis
Collaborating Sponsors:
Thrasher Research Fund
Mexican National Institute of Public Health
Conditions:
Iron-deficiency Anemia
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of the study was to determine whether delayed umbilical cord clamping, as compared to early umbilical cord clamping, improves infant iron status at 6 months of age.
Detailed Description
In developing countries, up to 50% of children become anemic by 12 months of age. Risk factors for iron deficiency (ID) include low birth weight, maternal prenatal ID, and male sex. Iron deficiency an...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pregnant women delivering at study site hospital
Exclusion
- Delivery by Cesarean section
- Pregnancy ≤ 36 or ≥ 42 weeks gestation
- Multiple gestation
- Diagnosis of any of the following in the current pregnancy: hemorrhage requiring clinic/hospital admission, placental abnormalities, fetal anomalies, Down's syndrome of the fetus
- Diagnosis of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia in current or previous pregnancies
- Diagnosis at any time for the mother of any of the following: Diabetes, hypertension, cardiopathies, chronic renal disease
- Infant with major congenital malformation
- Infant birth weight less than 2500 g
- Mother not planning to breast feed for at least 6 months
- Mother smoked during current pregnancy
- Unwilling to return for follow-up study visits at the hospital
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
476 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00298051
Start Date
October 1 2003
End Date
February 1 2005
Last Update
May 30 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Hospital de Gineco Obstetrica #4 "Luis Castelazo Ayala" del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, 01090