Cooling the Lower Abdomen for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Cooling the Lower Abdomen for Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Randomized Controlled Trial - Cooling for Preventing PPH:RCT

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000019834

Enrollment

150

Registered

2015-12-01

Start date

2016-01-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

women at delivery

Interventions

Cooling the lower abdomen by putting an ice pack during 2 hours after delivery No treatment

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Healthy pregnant women who are expected to a singleton vaginal birth gestational age of 34 or more weeks

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: placenta praevia, previous PPH(>1000ml), in utero fetal death, number of previous birth>4, eclampsia, polyhydramnios, a severe haemostasis disease, EFBW>4000g, BMI>40, PIH, impairment of liver function, placental abruption, emergency C/S, use of uterotonics during the third stage of labor, and multiple gestations and those who did not understand Japanese

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Total blood loss within 2 hours after the birth	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Blood loss of 500g or more within 2 hours after the birth Use of additional uterotonics Blood loss of 1000g or more within 2 hours after the birth	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYuko Masuzawa

Graduate School of Nursing Science St. Luke's International University Doctoral student

14DN013@slcn.ac.jp03-3543-6391

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026