Protective Effects of Delayed Cord Clamping in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) Infants

PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

211

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 29, 2008

Primary Completion Date

March 31, 2014

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2014

Conditions
Intraventricular HemorrhageSepsis
Interventions
PROCEDURE

delayed umbilical cord clamping

at birth, the clamping of the umbilical cord will be delayed 30 to 45 seconds while the child is held lower than the placenta. At the end of the time, the cord is milked once and the cord is clamped. If the obstetrician feels he cannot delay the cord clamping, then the cord can be milked 2 to 3 times.

OTHER

Immediate cord clamping

The umbilical cord is cut within 10 seconds after birth

Trial Locations (1)

02905

Women and Infants Hospital, Providence

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

OTHER

collaborator

Brown University

OTHER

collaborator

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NIH

lead

University of Rhode Island

OTHER