NCT02454101

Milking Versus Delayed Cord Clamping in Full Term Neonates

Milking Versus Delayed Cord Clamping in Full Term Neonates Delivered by Elective Cesarean Section A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ahmed Mohamed El Kotb Abdel Fattah · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the short term risks and benefits of cord milking 5 times toward the neonate with delayed cord clamping for 120 seconds in the full term neonate delivered by cesarean section.

Detailed description

Abstract Context: milking of the umbilical cord toward the neonate 5 times and delayed cord clamping both are good procedures to prevent anemia in neonates . Objective: To investigate the effects of delayed umbilical cord clamping for 120 seconds, compared with milking of the cord 5 times toward the neonate on hemoglobin level after 6 weeks, Intubation,Respiratory distress,Clinical jaundice,Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) admission,Apgar score (after 5 minutes of delivery). -Maternal,Need for blood transfusion,Additional need for therapeutic uterotonics,Post postpartum hemorrhage (blood loss \> 500cc),Intensive Care unit admission. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Setting: Ain Shams university maternity hospital. Participants:300 full term infants born after a low risk pregnancy by cesarean section delivery. Intervention: Infants were randomized to delayed umbilical cord clamping (≥120 seconds after delivery) or cord milking (5 times to ward the neonate).

Conditions

• Neonatal Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	cord milking	milking of the cord 5 times toward the neonate
PROCEDURE	delayed cord clamping	delay clamping of the cord for 120 seconds

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2015-05-27
• Last updated: 2016-06-28
• Results posted: 2016-06-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt