NCT01753843

Brief Delay in Cord Clamping and Neurobehaviour in Preterms

A Randomised Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Role of Brief Delay in Cord Clamping in Preterm Neonates (34-36weeks) on Short Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lady Hardinge Medical College · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS Brief delay(\>30 sec to \<60 sec ) in cord clamping as compared to early cord clamping (\< 20 sec) leads to a better short term neurobehavioural outcome in preterm (34-36 wks) neonates when assessed by neurobehavioral assessment of preterm infants (n.a.p.i.) at 37 weeks of post conceptional age

Detailed description

Delayed cord clamping (DCC) : Well described phenomenon in term infants . * The optimal timing of clamping of umbilical cord in preterm infants : A subject of debate. * Even a brief delay in cord clamping leads to an additional transfer of iron amounting to 40-50 mg/kg which may prevent iron deficiency.¹ * This low cost intervention can have significant public health importance in resource constrained settings. * The effect of this intervention on neurobehaviour of preterm neonates has not been assessed. * This aspect has been identified by WHO and Cochrane as a potentially researchable area

Conditions

• Preterm Birth

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	early cord clamping	early ( \<20 seconds)
PROCEDURE	Brief Delay in cord clamping	delay in cord clamping 30 to 60 seconds

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-07-01
• Primary completion: 2013-07-01
• Completion: 2013-07-01
• First posted: 2012-12-20
• Last updated: 2013-07-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: India