NCT04463511

Placing Preterm Infants in Polyethylene Bags Immediately After Birth

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 194 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University College Dublin · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 32 Weeks
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Primary objective: To determine if placing preterm infants in a polyethylene bag (PB) immediately after birth, before the umbilical cord is clamped, will increase the number of preterm infants with a normal temperature on admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Detailed description

Newly born preterm infants that develop abnormal temperature after birth have higher morbidity and mortality. Placing infants \< 32 weeks' gestation in a polyethylene bag (PB) in the delivery room (DR) reduces the rate of hypothermia on admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Since 2012, the rate of admission hypothermia in preterm infants, placed in a PB in the DR at the National Maternity Hospital (NMH), has increased significantly. This may be as a result of heat loss while the infant remains attached to the cord. Our primary objective is to determine if placing preterm infants in a PB immediately after birth, before the umbilical cord is clamped will increase the number of preterm infants with a normal temperature on admission to the NICU.

Conditions

• Newborn
• Infant
• Hypothermia
• Premature

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Polyethylene bag before the umbilical cord is clamped	11" x 16" (279mm x 406mm) sterile resealable PB (Resealable Polybag, Helapet Ltd, Bedfordshire, UK)

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-13
• Primary completion: 2022-09-01
• Completion: 2023-01-01
• First posted: 2020-07-09
• Last updated: 2022-05-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Ireland