NCT03624335

Influence of Umbilical Cord Clamping Time in the Newborn

Influence of Umbilical Cord Clamping Time in the Newborn, Secondary Neonatal Morbidity and Iron Deposits in the Neonate

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 195 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pascual Gregori Roig · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Weeks – 42 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study compares two umbilical cord clamping times; the early one, up to a minute (ECC) and the late or delayed one, when the cord stop beating (DCC). The additional blood volume delivered to the newborn from the placenta - placental transference - by delaying umbilical cord ligation, increases the contribution of neonatal iron with increased iron stores in the infant, without increasing neonatal morbidity.

Detailed description

It is an intervention study without drugs administration with a longitudinal, prospective comparison and correlational design. Patients are recruited by simple random sampling to one of the two intervention groups: Group 1-ECC: Early clamping of the umbilical cord (before the first minute of life). Group 2-DCC: Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord (when it stops beating).

Conditions

• Anemia Neonatal
• Polycythemia Secondary
• Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	ECC	Early clamping of the umbilical cord
PROCEDURE	DCC	Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord
PROCEDURE	Blood Test 6hours	Blood Test 6hours
PROCEDURE	Blood Test 24hours	Blood Test 24hours
PROCEDURE	Blood Test 48hours	Blood Test 48hours
PROCEDURE	Blood Test 28days	Blood Test 28days

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-23
• Primary completion: 2016-03-31
• Completion: 2016-03-31
• First posted: 2018-08-10
• Last updated: 2018-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain