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Effect of Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Clamping in Preterms on Cerebral Oxygenation and Ductus Arteriosus Closure

Effect of Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Delayed Clamping in Preterm Infants on Cerebral Oxygenation and Ductus Arteriosus Closure

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05922488
Enrollment
100
Registered
2023-06-28
Start date
2021-12-01
Completion date
2023-04-20
Last updated
2023-06-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Ductus Arteriosus

Keywords

Cerebral tissue oxygenation, Functional Ductus arteriosus closure, Umbilical cord milking, Delayed cord clamping

Brief summary

All patients will be subjected to the following: 1-Umbilical cord milking or delayed cord clamping according to the ranamization table 2 serial measurement of cerebral tissue oxygenation 3- serial echocardiography for ductus arteriosus (DA)functional closure

Detailed description

* Study Population: neonates born and admitted to Ain shams university neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). * Inclusion criteria: o Preterm infants with gestational age (GA) of 28 - 34 weeks born and admitted to Ain shams university NICUs. * Exclusion criteria: * Late preterm with gestational age 34-37 weeks. * Term infants with gestational age \> 37 weeks. * NIRS data that was not obtained within 1st hour after birth. * Congenital heart disease (other than DA or small atrial septal defects/patent foramen oval/ventriculi septal defects). * Hypoxic-ischemic insult. * Major congenital deformations. #All participants will be subjected to the following: * Infants will be considered to be randomized at the time of enrolment for: o Delayed cord clamping (DCC) and Umbilical cord milking (UCM) * Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS): * In the delivery room: after the intervention (UCM or DCC) the regional cerebral tissue oxygenation (rScO2 ) and cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extraction (c FTOE) will be collected for 10 minutes within 1st hour after birth. * In the neonatal intensive care unit: NIRS data will be collected for 2 hours at 12,24 hours, and 48 hours after birth. * Echocardiography: will be performed at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 48 hours of life by using an ultrasound Doppler machine Mindary.M9. assessment of DA functioning closure by measuring duct diameter and direction of blood flow through it.

Interventions

PROCEDUREUmbilical cord milking

Umbilical cord milking : uncut umbilical cord and squeeze it from the placenta several times toward the infant usually within 20 seconds.

PROCEDUREdelayed cord clamping

delayed cord clamping: delivery the delivering obstetrician will wait at least 60 s before clamping the umbilical cord

Sponsors

Ain Shams University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE

Masking description

all involved neonates will be randomized to DCC or UCM according to the randomization table and double-blinded method.

Intervention model description

all involved neonates will be randomized to DCC or UCM according to the randomization table and double-blinded method.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 48 Hours
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Preterm infants with gestational age (GA) of 28 - 34 weeks born and admitted to Ain shams university NICUs.

Exclusion criteria

* Late preterm with gestational age 35-37 weeks. * Term infants with gestational age \> 37weeks. * NIRS data that not obtained within 1sthour after birth. * Congenital heart disease (other than PDA or small atrial septal defects/patent foramen oval/muscularventriculoseptal defects). * Hypoxic-ischemic insult. * Major congenital deformations.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
time of functional ductus arteriosus closure6, 12, 18, 24, and 48 hours of lifeperformed by follow-up echocardiography using machine Mindary.M9 measuring changes from the baseline blood flow direction through the ductus arteriosus (DA) at 6, 12, 18, 24, 48 hours of life that helps to determine at which time the functional closure of ductus arteriosus occurs.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
changes in cerebral tissue oxygenation by NIRS.First hour of life for 10 minutes/ and for 2 hours on 12,24,84 hours of lifeCerebral tissue oxygenation measurement using Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS): * In the delivery room: after the intervention (UCM or DCC), rScO2 and cFTOE will be collected for 10 minutes within 1st hour after birth. * In the neonatal intensive care unit: NIRS data will be collected for 2 hours at 12,24 hours, and 48 hours after birth.
ductus arteriosus diameter6, 12, 18, 24, and 48 hours of lifeperformed by follow-up echocardiography at 6, 12, 18, 24, and 48 hours of life by using an ultrasound Doppler machine Mindary.M9 comparing changes that occur in the ductus arteriosus diameter from the baseline

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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