Status:
COMPLETED
Umbilical Cord Milking on the Reduction of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Rates in Infants
Lead Sponsor:
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Conditions:
Prematurity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Delayed cord clamp of at least 30 seconds in neonates under 37 weeks has shown that these infants have higher circulating blood volume in the first 24 hours, less need for blood transfusions, and less...
Detailed Description
The proposed design is a randomized controlled trial. Pregnant women at risk for delivering a singleton preterm infant between 24 and 28 weeks gestation will be randomized prior to delivery into one o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Singleton pregnancy
- Delivery anticipated between 24 and 28+6 weeks gestation
- There is enough time from admission to anticipated delivery to properly obtain consent from the patient
Exclusion
- Multifetal gestation
- Antenatally diagnosed major congenital anomaly
- Known Rh sensitized pregnancy
- Hydrops fetalis (any etiology)
- Known positive maternal Parvovirus titers
- Elevated peak systolic velocity of the fetal Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)
- Clinical suspicion of placental abruption at delivery due to excessive maternal bleeding or uterine hypertonicity
- Maternal age under 18
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
113 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01523769
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
November 1 2011
Last Update
February 1 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507