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Delay Cord ClampingNCT01497340

Position at Birth,Placental Transfusion Volume and Cord Clamping

A study testing Position at introitus level and Position at Maternal Abdomen in people with Delay Cord Clamping and Placental Trasfusion, run by Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil at 1 site in Argentina.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

To compare the evolution of the infant's weight before delayed cord clamping (2 minutes after birth) as an indirect measure of the volume of placental transfusion in a group of healthy and fullterm newborns, placed at the level of the introitus versus another group placed on the abdomen of the mother. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 2 minutesHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Delay Cord Clamping, Placental Trasfusion
What is being tested?
Position at introitus level and Position at Maternal Abdomen
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
27 participants
Where
1 siteArgentina
Study dates
Oct 2010to Dec 2010
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages Up to 2 minutes
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Child

Who may be able to join

  • Term newborns, vigorous born by vaginal delivery, cephalic or vertex presentation.
  • Signed informed consent.

Who cannot join

  • History of Placenta previa,
  • postpartum hemorrhage background, hemorrhage before 20- week- gestation.
  • Multiple gestation. Background of IUGR prenatally diagnosed. Major congenital malformations diagnosed previous to delivery.
  • Maternal diseases such as: eclampsia, Rh incompatibility, congestive cardiac failure.
  • Extraction of blood sample for bank of umbilical cord stem cells.
  • Elimination criteria: Need for immediate assistance of the newborn, Birth weight less than 2500 g, Nuchal cord wrapped too tight,
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  • Major congenital malformations not diagnosed during prenatal period,
  • Delivery surgically finished
  • Short umbilical cord which might prevent placing the infant in the assigned place .

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Argentina1 site
  • Hospital General de Agudos Juan A. Fernandez

    Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires

Other trials in Argentina

About this study

Official title: Is the Placental Transfusion Volume Influenced by the Position of the New Born at Birth? a Pilot Study

To compare the evolution of the infant's weight before delayed cord clamping (2 minutes after birth) as an indirect measure of the volume of placental transfusion in a group of healthy and fullterm newborns, placed at the level of the introitus versus another group placed on the abdomen of the mother.

Read the detailed description

Pilot study. Randomized controlled trial not blind, in one center. Informed consent will be obtained during pregnancy or admittance and previous to birth.

Hypothesis: Placing the infant on the maternal abdomen without cord clamping during the first 2 minutes after birth does not change significantly the transfusion volume as compared to infants whose cord is clamped after 2 minutes but who are placed at the level of the introitus

Term newborns by vaginal delivery and without complications with cord clamping at 2 minutes after birth. Weight differences will be evaluated when positioning the infant at the level of the introitus or on the maternal abdominal-thoracic level (at or over placental level).

Study subjects will be assigned to two groups, both with delayed clamping,according to a sequence of random numbers generated by computer. The assignment will be done through opaque, sealed, easy opening envelopes, opening the envelope at the moment the mother enters the delivery room. Both parents and obstetric group will be then informed about which group the infant will be assigned to.

In both groups: The newborn will be immediately placed on a scale, previously set at the level of the maternal introitus to record his/her weight.

Group 1: Clamping at level of introitus: The infant will be held by the neonatologist at introitus level,immediately after the initial weight Group 2: Clamping on Maternal Abdomen: The newborn will be placed on the abdomen of the mother immediately after the first weight measurement.

In both groups:A plastic clamp will be put at approximately 1cm from the cutaneous insertion of the umbilical cord at 120 seconds after birth and then a new Weight will be obteined after clamping.

Being tested
Position at introitus level, Position at Maternal Abdomen
Keywords
Cord clamping, newborn, Placental trasfusion, Delivery room

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Position at introitus levelOther

    After birth: Weight at 10 + 2 sec then Held the baby at the level of introitus and Cord clamping will be performed at 120 sec Weight after clamping

  • Position at Maternal AbdomenOther

    Newborns weight's difference between having them weighed immediately after birth and when cord is clamped in both positions(introitus and abdomen).

Study groups in NCT01497340
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Position at introitus levelActive comparatorThe newborn will be held by the neonatologist at the level of the introitus, the cord will be clamped at 2 minutes after birth with a plastic clamp placed at 1 cm from its cutaneous insertion.
Receives: Other: Position at introitus level
position at Maternal AbdomenExperimentalThe newborn will be placed on the abdomen and of the mother immediately after the first weight measurement. The cord will be clamped at 2 minutes after birth .
Receives: Other: Position at Maternal Abdomen

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Compare infant's birth weight before delayed cord clamping as an indirect measure of the volume of placental transfusion in a group of healthy fullterm newborns placed at the level of the introitus versus at the the mother's abdomen.

    Every elegible and randomiced newborn will be Immediately after birth placed on a scale at the level of the introitus, and the infant's weight will be recorded at 10± 2 sec.

    Group 1: The infant will be held by the neonatologist at introitus level. The cord will be clamped at 120 seconds after birth.

    Group 2: The newborn will be placed on the abdomen of the mother immediately after the first weight measurement. The cord will be clamped at 120 seconds after birth.

    Both groups will be weigth after the cord clamping.

    Measured: inmediately after birth until 2 minutes after birth

Secondary outcomes (1)
  1. To compare venous peripherical hematocrit and bilirubin values between the 2 groups .

    venous hematocrit and bilirubin will be taken together with the sample taken for the mandatory neonatal screening.

    Measured: 36-48 hs

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Dec 2011 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2010
  3. Primary completionDec 2010
  4. Study completionDec 2010

Why it stopped: difficulties with the center

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
27 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01497340
Sponsor's protocol ID
funda03
Status last verified
Dec 2011
First submitted
20 Dec 2011
Last updated
22 Dec 2011
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Rabe H, Reynolds G, Diaz-Rossello J. A systematic review and meta-analysis of a brief delay in clamping the umbilical cord of preterm infants. Neonatology. 2008;93(2):138-44. doi: 10.1159/000108764. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

    PubMed 17890882
  • Diaz-Rossello JL. A difficult ethics issue. Lancet. 2004 Nov 13-19;364(9447):1751-2; author reply 1752. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17385-6. No abstract available.

    PubMed 15541437
  • Ceriani Cernadas JM, Carroli G, Pellegrini L, Otano L, Ferreira M, Ricci C, Casas O, Giordano D, Lardizabal J. The effect of timing of cord clamping on neonatal venous hematocrit values and clinical outcome at term: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2006 Apr;117(4):e779-86. doi: 10.1542/peds.2005-1156. Epub 2006 Mar 27.

    PubMed 16567393
  • McDonald SJ, Middleton P. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping of term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Apr 16;(2):CD004074. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004074.pub2.

    PubMed 18425897
  • Chaparro CM, Neufeld LM, Tena Alavez G, Eguia-Liz Cedillo R, Dewey KG. Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping on iron status in Mexican infants: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2006 Jun 17;367(9527):1997-2004. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68889-2.

    PubMed 16782490
  • Lind J. Physiological adaptation to the placental transfusion: the eleventh blackader lecture. Can Med Assoc J. 1965 Nov 20;93(21):1091-100. No abstract available.

    PubMed 5321023
  • Hutton EK, Hassan ES. Late vs early clamping of the umbilical cord in full-term neonates: systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled trials. JAMA. 2007 Mar 21;297(11):1241-52. doi: 10.1001/jama.297.11.1241.

    PubMed 17374818
  • Yao AC, Lind J. Placental transfusion. Am J Dis Child. 1974 Jan;127(1):128-41. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110200130021. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4588934
  • van Rheenen PF, Brabin BJ. Effect of timing of cord clamping on neonatal venous hematocrit values and clinical outcome at term: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics. 2006 Sep;118(3):1317-8; author reply 1318-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-1053. No abstract available.

    PubMed 16951036
  • Moore ER, Anderson GC, Bergman N. Early skin-to-skin contact for mothers and their healthy newborn infants. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2007 Jul 18;(3):CD003519. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003519.pub2.

    PubMed 17636727
  • Bystrova K, Widstrom AM, Matthiesen AS, Ransjo-Arvidson AB, Welles-Nystrom B, Wassberg C, Vorontsov I, Uvnas-Moberg K. Skin-to-skin contact may reduce negative consequences of "the stress of being born": a study on temperature in newborn infants, subjected to different ward routines in St. Petersburg. Acta Paediatr. 2003;92(3):320-6. doi: 10.1080/08035250310009248.

    PubMed 12725547
  • Yao AC, Hirvensalo M, Lind J. Placental transfusion-rate and uterine contraction. Lancet. 1968 Feb 24;1(7539):380-3. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(68)91352-4. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4169972
  • Yao AC, Moinian M, Lind J. Distribution of blood between infant and placenta after birth. Lancet. 1969 Oct 25;2(7626):871-3. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(69)92328-9. No abstract available.

    PubMed 4186454
  • Fonseca D. Importancia del aporte de sangre placentaria al niño recién nacido. Su medida por medio del registro ponderal continuo.Arch. Pediatr.Uruguay 1962; 7: 444.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Position at introitus level and Position at Maternal Abdomen in people with Delay Cord Clamping and Placental Trasfusion, run by Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil at 1 site in Argentina.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 9 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Dec 2011. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Argentina. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was stopped early (reason given: difficulties with the center). Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Compare infant's birth weight before delayed cord clamping as an indirect measure of the volume of placental transfusion in a group of healthy fullterm newborns placed at the level of the introitus versus at the the mother's abdomen. (time frame: inmediately after birth until 2 minutes after birth). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01497340, which also lists 14 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Dec 2011.

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