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Effect of Intact Umbilical Cord Milking on Neonatal and First Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants.

India250 participantsStarted 2018-04-01

Plain-language summary

The investigators hypothesise that intact umbilical cord milking (I-UCM) will reduce neonatal morbidity and improve long term neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm infants. All babies born less than 32 weeks gestation, meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to either I-UCM or immediate cord clamping (ICC) and their short and long term outcome measures analyzed.

Who can participate

Age range1 Minute – 5 Minutes

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * All the preterm infants of less than 32 weeks of gestation born of consenting parents in the hospital Exclusion Criteria: * Neonates depressed at birth, MCMA, MCDA Twin pregnancy (DCDA twins are included), Severe IUGR in antenatal scans (\< 10th Centile), Known case of Hydrops fetalis, Known major congenital anomaly, Placenta previa and abruptions, bleeding, accreta, nuchal cord, anhydramnios, PROM \> 2 weeks before 24 weeks and Refusal to Consent by the Parents

What they're measuring

Haemoglobin levels at birth

Timeframe: 1 hour

Intraventricular Haemorrhage

Timeframe: 7 days of life

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03200301

SponsorJubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-04-30

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