Placental Cord Drainage Versus no Placental Drainage in the Management of Third Stage of Labour

Placental Cord Drainage Versus no Placental Drainage in the Management of Third Stage of Labour: Randomized Controlled Trial

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03137810

Acronym

PLCD

Enrollment

180

Registered

2017-05-03

Start date

2017-01-01

Completion date

2017-11-30

Last updated

2017-08-16

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Conditions

Obstetric Delivery

Brief summary

The aim of this work is to compare the effectiveness of placental cord drainage with no drainage in reducing the duration and blood loss in 3rd stage of labour.

Interventions

PROCEDUREplacental cord drainage

In the study group a of total number of 90 women placental end of the cut umbilical cord 1st will be clamped for few seconds and then unclamped and left open to drain blood in a vessel until flow stoped. This will prevent the drained blood from getting mixed with blood lost in the 3rd stage. Blood loss in the third stage will be measured using a Kelly's pad which will be used during delivery and the blood lost will be collected in a clean metal bowl which will be kept at the tail end of Kelley's pad.

PROCEDUREnon placemtal cord drainage

In 90 women after vaginal delivery of the baby placental end of the cut umbilical cord will be kept clamped.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 38 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Full term Uncomplicated singleton pregnancy Pregnancy with vertex presentation Patients expected to have spontaneous vaginal delivery

Exclusion criteria

* Over distended uterus(hydramnios.large fetus) Previous history of postpartum haemorrhage Known coagulation disorder Haemoglobin less than 8 g/dl Ante partum haemorrhage Multiple pregnancies Instrumental delivery

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Duration of the third stage of labour	within 15 min of delivery of baby

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Amount of blood loss	FIRST 24 HOURS
retained placenta	1ST HOUR OF DELIVERY
Manual removal of placenta	1HOUR OF DELIVERY
Changes in maternal haematocrit (Hct) after birth	1ST 24 HOURS
blood transfusion	1ST 24 HOURS

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary ContactAhmed A ElShahawy, MD

ahmedshafy@hotmail.com+2 01223266380

Backup ContactHassan A Bayoumy, MD

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026